Here is a proposed new collapsed coding scheme based on hierarchical collapsing of the previous coding scheme
Coding Scheme
Personal Sentiment |
Preparation |
Movement |
Reporting on Environment |
Collective Orientation |
Lighter-Hearted |
Power |
Move Away |
Weather |
Pass On Information |
Angry/Dark/Dismissive |
Supplies |
Move Back |
Immediate Personal Environment |
Seek Information |
Anxious/Worried |
Physical |
Stationary |
Other Built Environment |
What Others are Doing |
Prepared/Settled |
Transport |
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Bored |
Booze |
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Plans |
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Coding Scheme Explained
Sentiment |
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Lighter-Hearted |
Light-hearted comedy about the storm, not dark humor, excited, relieved |
Angry/Dark/Dismissive |
Angry, Defiant, dark humor, negative sarcasm |
Anxious/Worried |
Worried, anxious, frustrated at not knowing information on their hometown, etc |
Prepared/Settled |
Feeling ready for the storm |
Bored |
Stuck at home, nothing to do, typically seen as “I’m sooooo bored” |
Preparation |
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Power |
Mentions of Generators, charging phones, laptops, etc |
Supplies |
Stocking up on general supplies: food, water, other supplies, rationing things |
Physical |
Preparing the physical environment: boarding up windows, sandbags, etc |
Transport |
Preparing vehicles or purchasing tickets |
Booze |
Any mention of alcohol or drugs – very prevalent, making own category to reduce noise |
Plans |
Discussion of changing or maintaining existing plans |
Movement |
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Move Away |
Leaves, Evacuates, Example: “And with that we evacuate to higher ground” |
Move Back |
Comes home |
Stationary |
Discussion of Hunkering or not moving |
Reporting on Environment |
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Weather |
Reporting on the current weather, surf, etc. |
Personal |
Reporting on immediate personal environment: “We still have power” |
Built Environment |
Reporting on the built environment: “I just saw that Hoboken is underwater” |
Collective Orientation |
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Pass On Information |
Passing on information or answering questions, not retweets |
Seeking Information |
Asking questions related to the storm |
What Others Are Doing |
Either doing what others are doing or discussing what others are doing: “I’m at this bar with 300 other people waiting out the storm”, “I here there are tons of people at Moe’s Tavern buying hurricane shots” |