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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 24d

ONLINE FIRST! This article by @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social and colleagues takes an audience-centric approach to better understand what it is that audiences want, in the hope of better informing #journalistic work.
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @sandrabanjac.bsky.social

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · 28d

These insights highlight the complexity and diversity of audiences’ expectations in this rapidly changing digital news environment. More details in the paper, check it out! here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AITZ6...

Audience Expectations of Journalists: Demands, Beliefs and Assessments

Scholarship on journalism in the digital age has often pointed to a gap between audiences’ expectations of journalism and what journalists actually do in their work as one reason for the global dec...

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · 28d

Four partially aligned with normative journalistic roles: 1️⃣ Information; 2️⃣ Interpretation; 3️⃣ Accountability; and 4️⃣ Activism.

And three that extend ✨ beyond ✨ traditional roles: 5️⃣ Emotional connection; 6️⃣ Interaction; and 7️⃣ Societal relevance.

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · 28d

On my way to Cardiff for FoJ and extra excited as I get to share that our new paper with @sandrabanjac.bsky.social and Folker Hanusch has just been published in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social!

Our study explored audience expectations of journalists, revealing seven dimensions:

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Sep 1

3️⃣ Strong emotions are reinforced through highly rewarding interactions with other community members, both online and offline, which deepen their sense of belonging and purpose and drive political mobilization and participation.

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Sep 1

2️⃣ These identities evoke strong emotions, from love for fellow supporters to fannish attachment to leaders and anger or fear toward out-groups.

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Sep 1

1️⃣ Supporters imagine themselves as part of “the people,” a community associated with overwhelmingly positive traits connected to identities such as the working class, the nation, and a perceived common-sense majority.

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Sep 1

Drawing on social identity theory and fan studies, I analyzed 33 in-depth interviews and 6,000 online exchanges among supporters of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Santiago Abascal, and Pablo Iglesias to explore how populist supporters identify with their idea of “the people.”
The findings show that:

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Sep 1

What a great way to start the week! My new article is now published in ‪‪@polcommjournal.bsky.social‬! 🎉

This study holds a special place for me, capturing the core of my dissertation.

I am so excited to finally share this work. Check out the article here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/55HRJ...

“The People” Imagined, Felt, and Experienced by Populist Supporters: A Cross-National and Cross-Ideological Approach

“The people” is a central concept in populism, yet it remains unclear how those who identify with this community interpret it. Drawing on social identity theory and fandom studies, this study exami...

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · Jun 17

New article in Communication Theory ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: a framework informed by boundary work and fan studies

Clara Juarez Miro , Phoebe Maares , Jonathan Hendrickx , Folker Hanusch

#FanStudies

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Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: a framework informed by boundary work and fan studies

Abstract. Digitalization and declines in news use underscore the tension between journalistic ideals of detachment and audience communities’ demands for jo

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Jun 16

Grateful for the feedback, conversations, support, and all the inspired whiteboard sketches that helped shape this piece @phoebemaares.bsky.social, @jonathanhendrickx.bsky.social & Folker Hanusch!

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Jun 16

In it, we explore how journalistic actors, possessing different forms of knowledge about the communities they cover, ground their authority in three dimensions: 1️⃣proximity to news protagonists, 2️⃣authenticity as recognized by the community, and 3️⃣professionalism within the journalistic field.

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 New pub alert! 🚨

While many colleagues are still deep in ICA mode this week, I’m thrilled to take a moment to share our latest publication in Communication Theory: academic.oup.com/ct/advance-a...

Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: a framework informed by boundary work and fan studies

Abstract. Digitalization and declines in news use underscore the tension between journalistic ideals of detachment and audience communities’ demands for jo

academic.oup.com

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Journalism Studies Center Vienna @jscvienna.bsky.social · Jun 12

#ICA25

Monday
9:00–10:15, Centennial B, (Regency 3)
Constructive Journalists’ Trust-Building Strategies: A Comparative Study of Six European Countries
Diego Garusi, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Birte Leonhardt, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

10:30–11:45, Centennial B, (Regency 3)
What Is Journalism? Traditional, Peripheral and Audience Perspectives on Journalistic Authority in
Austria
Kim Löhmann, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Phoebe Maares, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Daniel Nölleke, German Sport U Cologne, GERMANY
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

10:30–11:45, Centennial G, (Regency 3)
Local Journalists’ and Local Inhabitants’ Mutual Trust: A Processual Approach
Diego Garusi, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

12:00–13:15, Aspen Ballroom, (Grand 2)
The Role of Emotional Capital in Politicians’ Campaign Communication
Dominik Hokamp, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Sophie Lecheler, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

15:00–16:15, Centennial B, (Regency 3)
Debate Spaces Audiences Actually Want? A Case Study of the Public Spaces Incubator
Bernadette Uth, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Hannah Ötting, U of Münster, GERMANY
Henning Eichler, Hessischer Rundfunk, GERMANY
Vanessa Kokoschka, Hochschule Darmstadt, GERMANY

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Journalism Studies Center Vienna @jscvienna.bsky.social · Jun 12

💫The JSV Vienna team and friends are at #ICA25 this year with 15 presentations. We're looking forward to discuss our research with you! More details ⬇️

Friday
10:30–11:45, Mineral G (Regency 3)
Gender, Influence, and the Emotional Underpinnings of Journalist-Politician Interactions
Iveta Jansová, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Marína Urbániková, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Lenka Waschkova Cisarova, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Alena Kluknavska, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Melanie Haberl, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Dominik Hokamp, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Sophie Lecheler, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

13:30–14:45, Mt. Blue Sky, (Grand Conv Center 2)
Audience Expectations of Diverse Forms of Journalism Across Media Systems
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Clara Juarez Miro, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Sandra Banjac, U of Groningen, NETHERLANDS

Friday
13:30–14:45, Mineral G, (Regency 3)
A Missed Opportunity? How Lifestyle Journalists Think About Inclusion in Their Work
Gregory Perreault, U of South Florida, USA
Miriam Donauer, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

13:30–14:45, Mt. Blue Sky, (Grand Conv Center 2)
Constructive Journalism Across Europe: Journalistic Role Perceptions and Negotiations in Six Countries
Birte Leonhardt, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Diego Garusi, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

Saturday

9:00–10:15, Mt. Oxford (Grand 3)
Exploring New Means of Source Transparency: Footnote Journalism's Effects on Credibility and News
Engagement
Lars-Ole Wehden, U of Münster, GERMANY
Bernadette Uth, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Lea von den Driesch, U of Münster, GERMANY
Katherine Engelke, U of Münster, GERMANY
Nina Springer, U of Münster, GERMANY

Saturday
10:30–11:45, Mineral F, (Regency 3)
Local Journalists and the Construction of Social Identities: A Phenomenological Approach
Diego Garusi, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Clara Juarez Miro, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

15:00–16:15, Mineral F, (Regency 3)
Activists for Diversity or Diverse Journalists? How Alternative Peripheral Journalistic Actors Use Role
Orientations as a Boundary Marker
Kim Löhmann, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Phoebe Maares, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

Sunday
9:00–10:15, Quartz, (Regency 3)
Communicating the Energy Transition in Germany: Enablers and Barriers at Local and National Level
Helena Stehle, U of Münster, GERMANY
Sigrid Kannengiesser, U of Münster, GERMANY
Julia Lührmann, U of Münster, GERMANY
Bernadette Uth, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Stephan Goerland, U of Münster, GERMANY

12:00–13:15, Agate B+C, (Regency 3)
Professional Norms as Boundary Markers in Sports Journalism
Daniel Nölleke, German Sport U Cologne, GERMANY
Phoebe Maares, U Vienna, AUSTRIA
Kim Löhmann, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

13:30–14:45, Poster Session, 70 Centennial Foyer (Regency 3)
A Matter of Negotiation: Value Patterns and Negotiation Strategies Among Austrian Journalists
Birte Leonhardt, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

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Phoebe Maares @phoebemaares.bsky.social · May 19

✨New publication #OA in Journalism✨
In this study I compare the journalistic cultures of freelancers and other atypically employed journalists in Austria, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the UK.
doi.org/10.1177/1464...

Real freelancers, contingent workers, and journopreneurs. Mapping atypical journalistic work in Western Europe - Phoebe Maares, 2025

While there has been growing scholarly interest in freelance and other atypically employed journalistic workers in the past 20 years, most of it has been addres...

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Apr 14

New publication out in Journalism! Grateful to have worked on this with @dgarusi.bsky.social (leading the way!) & Folker Hanusch. Using Sartre’s concept of "the look," we explore how journalists’ physical presence & visibility shape their connection to local communities. #Openaccess 👇

Diego Garusi @dgarusi.bsky.social · Apr 14

New publication!
Sartre's concept of "the look" turned out to be insightful for grasping how local journalists construct and promote social identities in the communities they cover. With @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social & Folker Hanusch

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Phoebe Maares @phoebemaares.bsky.social · Apr 3

New #OA pub out with @acadianjprof.bsky.social in Journalism Studies, in which we examine true crime podcasters membership claims and epistemic practices. This was a fun side quest which combined my love for podcasts with my work on journalistic boundaries. tinyurl.com/5f427tja

True Crime Podcasting as Journalistic Heterodoxy: Boundary Practices and Journalistic Epistemology of a Heretic Interloper

Non-fictional true crime reporting has enjoyed a somewhat deviant position within the journalistic field and has been rejected as sensationalist and not considered “good” journalism by journalistic...

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Mar 24

Just out:✨open access✨ in Comm Theory! With @dgarusi.bsky.social & Folker Hanusch, we argue that phenomenological sociology offers a useful lens to understand trust in news as a situational decision to suspend uncertainty, shaped by the interplay of institutional, organizational & individual actors.

Diego Garusi @dgarusi.bsky.social · Mar 24

Schütz's Phenomenological Sociology helps to better conceptualize: 1) what news media trust consists of; 2) its situational character; and 3) how different levels of analysis are related to each other. With @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social & Folker Hanusch

academic.oup.com/ct/advance-a...

Understanding news media trust through the lens of phenomenological sociology

Abstract. In journalism studies and political communication research it is generally agreed that news media trust concerns a psychological state related to

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Jan 28

@ajbauer.bsky.social & @amnadler.bsky.social wrote an article in Journalism Studies arguing that the field should explore how right-wing media challenge journalistic authority.

Scholars, including myself, responded to their arguments & they replied to our critiques!

Check out the full discussion👇

A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · Jan 28

🚨New Publications🚨

In Journalism Studies, @amnadler.bsky.social and I argue that right-wing news is competing with journalism over the cultural authority to tell the “true” story of public life.

For journalism scholars and practitioners alike, a🧵(1/6)

doi.org/10.1080/1461...

Competing for Cultural Authority: Journalism Studies Must Account for the Right

Recent technological and political developments have caused researchers to reevaluate journalists’ relevance vis a vis other forms of media production, with some calling for a “decentering” of jour...

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · Jan 28

In her response, @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social advocates for foregrounding the study of audiences as journalism studies seeks to better understand right-wing news cultures. (3/6)

doi.org/10.1080/1461...

An Audience Turn in Right-wing Media Studies: A Response to Competing for Cultural Authority

A.J. Bauer and Anthony Nadler make a compelling case for journalism studies to pay greater attention to right-wing media, as these outlets increasingly compete with mainstream professional journali...

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Jan 8

Likewise! :) Thank you so much!!

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Jan 8

Muchas gracias, Isis!! :) Abrazo!

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Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social · Jan 8

Still sinking in: today is my first day as a Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Researcher at the University of Barcelona. Grateful to my mentors & colleagues at @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social & @jscvienna.bsky.social & to @cpoliticaub.bsky.social for the opportunity to return home for this next chapter!

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Journalism Studies Center Vienna @jscvienna.bsky.social · Dec 18

Congrats to team member @dgarusi.bsky.social for having his research featured in the #ViDSS newsletter: vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/people/phd-s...

PhD in the spotlight

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