Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: The Internet’s Mayor and the Politics of Virality
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New York Assembly member Zohran Mamdani has been dubbed “the Internet’s Mayor”. His joyful, viral campaign is turning local politics into a global phenomenon.
Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne unpacks how Mamdani blurred the lines between authenticity, performance and politics and what his rise says about the new rules of power and personality online.
Guest: Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne
Presenter: Warren Andrew
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