{"id":3546,"date":"2025-11-30T16:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:10:48","slug":"beyond-zohran-mamdani-social-media-amplifies-the-politics-of-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2025\/beyond-zohran-mamdani-social-media-amplifies-the-politics-of-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifies the politics of feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifies the politics of feelings\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/beyond-zohran-mamdani-social-media-amplifies-the-politics-of-feelings-269792\">&#8220;In an algorithmic age, we consume politics in byte sizes, where visibility often displaces understanding and emotional attachment overshadows knowledge-seeking. 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