"I Love Weather More than Anybody": A Digital Ethnography of the Weather Channel's Fan Community

Autor/inn/en	Shermak, Jeremy L.; Whipple, Kelsey N.
Titel	"I Love Weather More than Anybody": A Digital Ethnography of the Weather Channel's Fan Community
Quelle	In: E-Learning and Digital Media, 17 (2020) 4, S.271-289 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shermak, Jeremy L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2042-7530
DOI	10.1177/2042753020926589
Schlagwörter	Weather; Discussion Groups; Asynchronous Communication; Popular Culture; Computer Mediated Communication; Web 2.0 Technologies; Knowledge Level; Communities of Practice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wetter; Popkultur; Computerkonferenz; Wissensbasis; Community
Abstract	We Love Weather is the fan community of The Weather Channel. Launched in 2016, We Love Weather aims to serve so-called "weather geeks" by providing exclusive and specialized weather content, as well as participatory and communal elements. This study proposes that We Love Weather is an "affinity space" where participants create, procure, and develop content and knowledge. It exemplifies the power and capability of a high-functioning, efficient online information hub. Using digital ethnographic analysis of We Love Weather's discussion forums and user-generated content, we found that We Love Weather promotes teaching and learning of weather information through sharing and community maintenance that establishes the site as an affinity space. It is an example of a positive, helpful, and deliberative online space. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01