方法对比

	解释性内容分析	文献分析
领域	质性	质性研究
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	1983 (Mayring's German original); 2000 (English publication)	1920
提出者	Philipp Mayring (systematic qualitative variant); Klaus Krippendorff (foundational framework)	Max Weber and Karl Mannheim
类型	Qualitative text analysis approach	Method
开创性文献	Mayring, P. (2000). Qualitative content analysis. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(2), Art. 20.	Scott, J. (1990). A Matter of Record: Documentary Sources in Social Research. Polity Press. ISBN: 978-0745608419
别名	ICA, interpretive CA, qualitative content analysis, meaning-oriented content analysis	documentary analysis, textual analysis, content analysis of documents, archival research
相关	6	4
摘要	Interpretive content analysis is a systematic qualitative approach for analyzing the latent meanings and interpretive frameworks embedded in textual, visual, or documentary data. Unlike frequency-based content analysis, it foregrounds the researcher's interpretive engagement with texts to uncover how meaning is constructed, contested, or reproduced. Philipp Mayring's qualitative content analysis and broader interpretive traditions provide the methodological backbone for this approach.	Document analysis is a systematic qualitative research method for examining written, visual, or audiovisual sources—such as policy documents, historical records, organizational records, media reports, emails, social media posts, photographs, or videos—to extract meaning, identify patterns, and understand social phenomena. Developed by Weber and Mannheim in early 20th-century sociology, the method bridges historical research, content analysis, and textual interpretation. Document analysis is used across disciplines to understand organizational change, policy evolution, media representation, historical events, and cultural meaning. Documents provide evidence of what organizations, institutions, or societies value, decide, and communicate, often revealing contradictions between policy and practice.