Background
Methods
Research strategy
Content analysis process
CODE | DEFINITION | EXAMPLES OF TWEETS IN PORTUGUESE | TRANSLATION OF TWEETS IN ENGLISH |
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Concept information | Tweets that attempt to inform about what the hikikomori phenomenon is | “Você sabe o que é #hikikomori ? Hikikomori é um fenômeno social recente na história do Japão. As autoridades do país definiram que pessoas em reclusão social a mais de seis meses são portadores da doença.” | "Do you know what #hikikomori is? Hikikomori is a recent social phenomenon in Japanese history. The country's authorities have defined people in social withdrawal for more than six months as having the disease." |
Online Support | Tweets offering online support to people with hikikomori | “Participe do grupo Hikikomori Brasil no Facebook. #Hikikomori #Otaku” | "Join the Hikikomori Brazil group on Facebook. #Hikikomori #Otaku" |
Personal stories | Tweets about your day to day life as a hikikomori | “Por hoje é só a cadelinha aqui precisa dormir por que acorda cedo, vou tentar atualizar amanhã mas não prometo nada se não é só sábado mesmo. Obrigado por lerem meus dengo e Views em #HIKIKOMORI#” | "That's it for today, the little dog here needs to sleep because she wakes up early, I'll try to update tomorrow but I can't promise anything if it's not just Saturday. Thanks for reading my dengo and Views on #HIKIKOMORI#" |
Curiosities | Tweets reporting curiosities about the phenomenon | “[…] lançou a música “#HIKIKOMORI”! O nome da música é um termo japonês que retrata pessoas que se isolam da sociedade evitando contato com as pessoas […]” “#HIKIKOMORI: pessoa reclusa, isolada de todos e tudo. o JAPÃO sabia que tinha 541 mil deles entre 15 e 39 anos. uma pesquisa acaba de revelar que há 613 mil entre 40 e 64 anos. um caso especial são as “casas 8050”, pais de 80 + cuindando de reclusos de 50 + .” | "[…] has released the song "#HIKIKOMORI"! The name of the song is a Japanese term for people who isolate themselves from society by avoiding contact with people […]” "#HIKIKOMORI: a reclusive person, isolated from everyone and everything. JAPAN knew that there were 541,000 of them between the ages of 15 and 39. a survey has just revealed that there are 613,000 between the ages of 40 and 64. a special case is the "8050 houses", 80 + parents looking after 50 + inmates." |
Application of artificial intelligence to evaluate tweets
Statistical analysis
Ethical considerations
Results
Overall Tweets, Likes, and Retweets
Tweets | Likes | Retweets | ||||
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n | % | n | Number Likes/Number Tweets | n | Number Retweets/Number Tweets | |
Overall | 13,915 | 100 | 21,307 | – | 5,359 | – |
User type | ||||||
Individuals with hikikomori | 5,571 | 40.0 | 3,953 | 0.71 | 404 | 0.07 |
Family and friends | 4,653 | 33.4 | 5,013 | 1.08 | 346 | 0.07 |
Others | 3,691 | 26.5 | 12,341 | 3.34 | 4,609 | 1.25 |
Content | ||||||
Concept Information | 422 | 3.0 | 1,694 | 4.01 | 322 | 0.76 |
Personal Stories | 3,675 | 26.4 | 2,862 | 0.78 | 459 | 0.12 |
Curiosities | 9,818 | 70.6 | 16,751 | 1.71 | 4,578 | 0.47 |
Tone | ||||||
Positive | 3,184 | 22.9 | 3,735 | 1.17 | 1,662 | 0.53 |
Negative | 10,731 | 77.1 | 17,572 | 1.64 | 3,697 | 0.34 |
Emotions | ||||||
Anger | 1,114 | 8.0 | 1,302 | 1.17 | 222 | 0.2 |
Disgust | 273 | 2.0 | 2,695 | 9.87 | 1,012 | 3.71 |
Fear | 1,319 | 9.5 | 2,734 | 2.07 | 941 | 0.71 |
Joy | 2,453 | 17.6 | 3,039 | 1.24 | 1,413 | 0.58 |
Neutral | 4,991 | 35.9 | 6,706 | 1.34 | 770 | 0.15 |
Sadness | 1,822 | 13.1 | 2,498 | 1.37 | 751 | 0.41 |
Surprise | 1,943 | 14.0 | 2,333 | 1.20 | 250 | 0.13 |
Continents | ||||||
Americas | 487 | 3.5 | 226 | 0.46 | 140 | 0.29 |
Europe | 553 | 4.0 | 2,892 | 5.23 | 1,098 | 1.99 |
Africa | 91 | 0.7 | 55 | 0.6 | 13 | 0.14 |
Asia | 377 | 2.7 | 426 | 1.13 | 141 | 0.37 |
Oceania | 7 | 0.1 | 20 | 2.86 | 2 | 0.29 |
Missing | 12,400 | 89.1 | 17,688 | 1.4 | 3,965 | 0.32 |
Content topics
Tweets related to Content | ||||||
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Concept information | Personal stories | Curiosities | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Overall | 422 | 3.0 | 3,675 | 26.4 | 9,818 | 70.6 |
User type | ||||||
Individuals with hikikomori | 9 | 2.1 | 3,536 | 96.2 | 2,026 | 20.6 |
Family and friends | 15 | 3.6 | 112 | 3.1 | 4,526 | 46.1 |
Others | 398 | 94.3 | 27 | 0.7 | 3,266 | 33.3 |
Tone | ||||||
Positive | 25 | 5.9 | 1,010 | 27.5 | 2,149 | 21.9 |
Negative | 397 | 94.1 | 2,665 | 72.5 | 7,669 | 78.1 |
Emotions | ||||||
Anger | 22 | 5.2 | 258 | 7.0 | 834 | 8.5 |
Disgust | 4 | 1.0 | 94 | 2.6 | 175 | 1.8 |
Fear | 75 | 17.8 | 391 | 10.6 | 853 | 8.7 |
Joy | 27 | 6.4 | 519 | 14.1 | 1,907 | 19.4 |
Neutral | 204 | 48.3 | 1,058 | 28.8 | 3,729 | 38.0 |
Sadness | 53 | 12.6 | 876 | 23.8 | 893 | 9.1 |
Surprise | 37 | 8.8 | 479 | 13.0 | 1,427 | 14.5 |
Continents | ||||||
Americas | 47 | 11.1 | 106 | 2.9 | 334 | 3.4 |
Europe | 17 | 4.0 | 137 | 3.7 | 399 | 4.1 |
Africa | 7 | 1.7 | 22 | 0.6 | 62 | 0.6 |
Asia | 21 | 5.0 | 107 | 2.9 | 249 | 2.5 |
Oceania | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 |
Missing | 330 | 78.2 | 3,299 | 89.8 | 8,771 | 89.3 |