청년기본법 제정 이후 대구광역시 청년 이슈 분석: DMR 토픽 모델링을 중심으로 = Youth Issues in Daegu since the Framework Act on Youth: A DMR Topic Modeling Analysis of News Data and Policy Implications

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to empirically examine the correlation between the shifting landscape of youth-related issues and youth outmigration, and to derive socio-political implications based on the findings. To this end, it analyzes the evolution of youth policy in Daegu Metropolitan City following the enactment of the Framework Act on Youth in February 2020, using DMR (Dirichlet Multinomial Regression) topic modeling. The analysis is based on news data from 2020 to the end of 2024, from which nine major topics were extracted and interpreted through a literature review.
The results indicate that while early discourse focused primarily on macro-level issues such as regional extinction and political pledges, policy attention has gradually shifted toward issues more closely related to the daily lives of young people—including employment and entrepreneurship, housing and finance, culture and the arts, and mental health. This shift is interpreted as a result of regional-level policy becoming more concrete in conjunction with the central government's basic youth policy framework. However, structural constraints such as the absence of large enterprises, poor employment conditions characterized by low wages and long working hours, and youth governance systems that are politically driven and function merely in form, appear to be contributing to a worsening trend in youth outmigration despite ongoing policy efforts. Therefore, future youth policy in Daegu must go beyond simply adopting the framework of central government policy and instead pivot toward reflecting the actual needs of local youth—focusing on employment and housing stability, cultural infrastructure development, and the establishment of effective and meaningful governance mechanisms.