Title

How Hate-Speech on Social Media Platforms Shifted After the Inauguration of Donald Trump in 2025

Creator

Menegatos, Gerasimos

Abstract

How has the 2025 inauguration of Donald J. Trump affected the levels of online hate-speech? This is the question I am trying to address through this paper, particularly by focusing on the realm of social media. I consider public online discourse through 240 YouTube comments under politically relevant content before and after the inauguration, and I compare the presence of hate-speech using a predetermined set of 64 hate-containing keywords. By analyzing the difference in the trends between these two periods I conclude that hate speech has risen by an aggregate of 47.8% and I interpret my data through academic sources within a mixed methods analysis.

Keywords

Hate-speech

Politics

Social Media

Subject

Politics

Type

Oral Presentation

Course

IR4145 L6 Senior Thesis in IREA

Instructor

Fokas, Effie

Location

Art Center Auditorium

Event

Year 2025 | 9th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium