Research Project

Exploring student perceptions of generative AI expressed on social media

Large-scale qualitative analysis of opinions and perspectives about generative AI expressed on social media (e.g., Reddit). We will use NLP and LLM-assisted workflows to sample, code, and synthesize themes across communities over time.

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Seed Project (Unfunded)Unfunded2025–2026SeedActiveOpen for Students

Research Question

Assemble a reproducible pipeline to collect and curate posts and comments from relevant communities (e.g., Reddit)

Approach

  • Assemble a reproducible pipeline to collect and curate posts and comments from relevant communities (e.g., Reddit)
  • Develop a coding schema for attitudes, perceived benefits/risks, and use cases of generative AI
  • Evaluate LLM-assisted coding against human annotations (agreement, precision/recall, calibration)
  • Map sentiment and themes over time and by community; publish a short report and artifacts