@inproceedings{7e730cfb51e04554b7d392d89325db17,
title = "Complementing studies on vulnerable youths with reddit data",
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. ",
keywords = "NEETs, NLP, Reddit, Social media analysis, Text mining, Topic analysis, Vulnerable youth",
author = "Andrea Mauri and Achilleas Psyllidis and Alessandro Bozzon and Lee, {Ju Sung} and Jason Pridmore and {Van Zoonen}, Liesbet and Sarah Giest",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1145/3464385.3464703",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
booktitle = "CHItaly 2021 - Frontiers of HCI",
address = "United States",
note = "14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Frontiers of HCI, CHItaly 2021 ; Conference date: 11-07-2021 Through 13-07-2021",
}