Clara Juarez Miro
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Clara Juarez Miro
@clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social
Beatriz Galindo Fellow @cpoliticaub.bsky.social | Previously @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social & @jscvienna.bsky.social

Studying populism, online communities, audiences.
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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September 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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.
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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.
September 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
2️⃣ These identities evoke strong emotions, from love for fellow supporters to fannish attachment to leaders and anger or fear toward out-groups.
September 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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.
September 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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:
September 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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!
June 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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.
June 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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June 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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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...
doi.org
January 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Likewise! :) Thank you so much!!
January 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Muchas gracias, Isis!! :) Abrazo!
January 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM