what if we made weather more social?

What if we made weather

more social?

Fred StutzmanSchool of Information and Library Science

IANAL

I am not a linguist

Privacy

Identity

Adoption

Use

Beautiful

Cool

Beautiful

Cool

Privacy

Identity

Adoption

Use

Interests

Favorites

Pictures

Symbols, Signals

Language

Symbols

Meaning

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Symbolic Interactionism

Symbolic Interactionism

People act in accordance with their subjective understandings of the situations in which they find themselves

People understand their experience throughthe meanings found in symbols

G. Ritzer, B. Ballis Lal, H. Blumer

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Ptly. Cloudy

Cold

Snowy

Beautiful

Attributes Qualities

Symbols

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Attributes

DismalConstant

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Oak Forest, IL

No rain, light wind

Springfield, MA

Clear, Sunny, Low Humidity

Los Angeles, CA

Clear, Sunny, Low Humidity

What does “beautiful out today” mean?

Tweeter Temp/Dew Conditions

Dailylama, IL 56.8/51.7 No rain

Timclarkk, MA 57.7/22.2 Sunny, no rain

JaymeeOG, CA 67.3/23.4 Sunny, no rain

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Do you need Twitterto know which way the wind

blows?Fred Stutzman:

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