Social Side of Autism
Research Mentor(s)
Ahmed, Shameem
Description
We present visualizations and insight into the community interactions of the Autism "subreddit" on Reddit.com, "/r/autism". This community is made of 21,725 subscribers. A portion of these subscribers have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and others are family members of someone with ASD. The Autism subreddit consists of many posts curated by these members. The goal of our research is to understand patterns in the most highly rated and interacted posts in this subreddit to create standards and guidelines for more effective social networks for people with ASD and their families. Using the "karma" score of posts we present insight into the characteristics which differentiate the most popular posts in this community from the rest. These characteristics include a celebratory theme and focus on milestone improvements achieved by members with ASD. This information is visualized in a few images with the time line of posts for both the entire community and individual users that make a large number of posts in the subreddit.This research is currently being expanded on by a similar study on the "/r/aspergers" subreddit. We hope to include this data and the insights gained from it in a future paper.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
16-5-2018 12:00 AM
End Date
16-5-2018 12:00 AM
Department
Computer Science
Genre/Form
student projects, posters
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Online social networks; Computer bulletin boards; Autism
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
Reddit (Firm)
Type
Image
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Social Side of Autism
We present visualizations and insight into the community interactions of the Autism "subreddit" on Reddit.com, "/r/autism". This community is made of 21,725 subscribers. A portion of these subscribers have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and others are family members of someone with ASD. The Autism subreddit consists of many posts curated by these members. The goal of our research is to understand patterns in the most highly rated and interacted posts in this subreddit to create standards and guidelines for more effective social networks for people with ASD and their families. Using the "karma" score of posts we present insight into the characteristics which differentiate the most popular posts in this community from the rest. These characteristics include a celebratory theme and focus on milestone improvements achieved by members with ASD. This information is visualized in a few images with the time line of posts for both the entire community and individual users that make a large number of posts in the subreddit.This research is currently being expanded on by a similar study on the "/r/aspergers" subreddit. We hope to include this data and the insights gained from it in a future paper.