Complementing studies on vulnerable youths with reddit data

Andrea Mauri; Achilleas Psyllidis; Alessandro Bozzon; Ju Sung Lee; Jason Pridmore; Liesbet Van Zoonen; Sarah Giest

doi:10.1145/3464385.3464703

Complementing studies on vulnerable youths with reddit data

Andrea Mauri, Achilleas Psyllidis, Alessandro Bozzon, Ju Sung Lee, Jason Pridmore, Liesbet Van Zoonen, Sarah Giest

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Abstract

Social web data increasingly complement studies of various social phenomena, especially when the availability of traditional data is limited. One such case is that of vulnerable young populations that are disengaged from employment, education, or training; usually referred to as NEETs. This paper explores the extent to which social media data and discussion websites could complement conventional sources in the study of NEETs. We focus on user-generated content posted to the dedicated r/NEET subreddit, which gathers subscribers who self-identify as NEETs. We develop and implement a data processing pipeline for the analysis of the behavioral patterns and main concerns of this social group. Our analysis of Reddit data reaches similar conclusions to official reports from governmental institutions in Europe. The paper also provides insights into health-related issues and latent interests of NEETs, not recorded in official reports and related literature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHItaly 2021 - Frontiers of HCI
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter
Place of Publication	New York
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450389778
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3464385.3464703
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2021
Event	14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Frontiers of HCI, CHItaly 2021 - Virtual, Online, Italy Duration: 11 Jul 2021 → 13 Jul 2021

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Series	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Conference	14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Frontiers of HCI, CHItaly 2021
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Virtual, Online
Period	11/07/21 → 13/07/21

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This work was supported by the NWO project "JOIN Jongeren in een veerkrachtige samenleving. Naar nieuwe arrangementen voor inclusiviteit en participatie" (grant number 400.17.603) and it was carried out on the Dutch national e-infrastructure with the of SURF Cooperative.

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the NWO project “JOIN Jongeren in een veerkrachtige samenleving. Naar nieuwe arrangementen voor inclusiviteit en participatie” (grant number 400.17.603) and it was carried out on the Dutch national e-infrastructure with the of SURF Cooperative.

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Mauri, A, Psyllidis, A, Bozzon, A, Lee, JS, Pridmore, J , Van Zoonen, L & Giest, S 2021, Complementing studies on vulnerable youths with reddit data. in CHItaly 2021 - Frontiers of HCI: Proceedings of the 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter., 5, New York, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 1-8, 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Frontiers of HCI, CHItaly 2021, Virtual, Online, Italy, 11/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3464385.3464703

Complementing studies on vulnerable youths with reddit data. / Mauri, Andrea; Psyllidis, Achilleas; Bozzon, Alessandro et al.
CHItaly 2021 - Frontiers of HCI: Proceedings of the 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter. New York, 2021. p. 1-8 5 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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