Clara Juarez Miro
Biographic Data
| ID | 4394095 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clara Juarez Miro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clara Juarez |
| FAMILY NAME | Miro |
| SIGNATURE | MIRO C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6626-6317 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
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 decline in news trust and consumption. Much of this work has, however, evolved from studies of journalistic role perceptions to measure audiences’ expectations of these same roles. In line with the so-called audience turn in (digital) journalism studies, t…
Understanding disinformation as narratives in the hybrid media ecosystem: Evidence from the US
Utilizing data from a representative survey conducted in four U.S. states in mid-2023, the study explores the prevalence and impact of disinformation narratives. It reveals that narratives frequently appear across different media, enhancing their potential to influence public belief significantly when repeatedly exposed. The findings highlight that increased exposure to disinformation narratives intensifies belief in them, with the content of the…
Local journalists and the construction of social identities. A phenomenological approach
Research broadly agrees that geographical and social proximity to local inhabitants determines the embeddedness of local journalists in the communities they cover. Yet, the role of such proximity in local journalists’ understanding of local inhabitants–both as potential sources and audience members–has been less investigated. Understanding how journalists form their ideas of local inhabitants is essential, as it greatly influences their work. To …
Assessing the Role of Proximity, Authenticity, and Professionalism in Struggles Over Journalistic Authority in Fan Communities
Global declines in news consumption underscore the tension between journalists’ ideals of detachment and audience demands for engagement. In hybrid digital environments, non-traditional journalistic actors can assert authority in specific communities by deviating from traditional values. As these actors challenge traditional business models, their emergence has destabilized the journalistic field. Yet, scholarly understanding of how community mem…
“The People” Imagined , Felt , and Experienced by Populist Supporters: A Cross-National and Cross-Ideological Approach
An Audience Turn in Right-wing Media Studies: A Response to Competing for Cultural Authority
Understanding news media trust through the lens of phenomenological sociology
In journalism studies and political communication research it is generally agreed that news media trust concerns a psychological state related to audiences’ willingness to be vulnerable to news media. Nonetheless, a number of theoretical considerations for refining conceptual understandings of news media trust remain to be addressed. These include: (1) what news media trust consists of; (2) the situational character of news media trust; and (3) h…
Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: A Framework Informed by Boundary Work and Fan Studies
Digitalization and declines in news use underscore the tension between journalistic ideals of detachment and audience communities’ demands for journalistic actors’ engagement. This is enhanced by the emergence of non-traditional actors who can effectively assert journalistic authority within communities by deviating from specific traditional journalistic values. However, scholarly understanding of the role of community membership in claims of jou…
National identity, institutional trust, and beliefs in Covid-19 origin conspiracies: A cross-national comparative study
Conspiracy theories flourished during the COVID-19 outbreak. The present study takes a cross-national comparative perspective to understand the relationships among people's national identities, trust in institutions, and their beliefs in COVID-19 origin conspiracy theories blaming other nations. Four cross-national surveys were conducted in China, South Korea, Spain, and the United States with a total of 1642 respondents. The results revealed tha…
Introduction—The Curse of Relevance: Challenges Facing Right-Wing Studies
For at least the past decade, researchers of right-wing ideologies, movements, and media around the world have been met with a familiar refrain from interlocutors outside the field: "Oh!That's so relevant!"While perhaps a blessing in terms of renewed popular interest (e.g., publication opportunities and, albeit to a lesser extent, funding), many right-wing studies scholars would much rather the topic remain arcane and inconsequential."The right" …
Expectations of journalistic actors in the digital age: A conceptual framework
Journalists constantly navigate pressures and competing expectations from diverse stakeholders, all of whom have an interest in shaping journalistic work. Scholarship examining the wide range of influences on journalists has often placed the journalist at the center of the inquiry. We further the argument that there is an urgent need to place more emphasis on understanding the expectations that various stakeholders hold of journalists. To do so, …
Unpacking news consumption and trust decisions through a folk theory approach: A study of Austrian young adults
This article introduces and applies a situational, interactional, and processual theoretical framework to explore how folk theories of journalism shape people’s news use and trust decisions in specific, real-life circumstances. Following the “episode method”, 48 semi-structured interviews conducted with Austrian young adults revealed that objectivity and impartiality are regarded as the two cornerstones of journalism, aligning with Austria’s trad…
Correcting False Information: Journalistic Coverage During the 2016 and 2020 US Elections
This study examines journalistic coverage of false information through a qualitative textual analysis of news about four popular false information cases during the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections: The false claims that (1) the Pope endorsed Donald Trump; (2) Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager ran a pedophilia ring in a pizza shop; (3) the 2020 election was fraudulent and stolen; and (4) liberal politicians and celebrities were Satan…
Everything is Biased: Populist Supporters’ Folk Theories of Journalism
Populist supporters have a complex relationship with journalism (e.g., embracing elites’ negative rhetoric, yet consuming news profusely). This study explores this relationship. The notion of folk theories informs an inductive analysis of thirty-three in-depth interviews conducted in 2021 with right-wing and left-wing populist supporters in the United States and Spain to understand how they (RQ1) make sense of their news consumption habits and (R…
How Right-Wing Populists Engage with Cross-Cutting News on Online Message Boards: The Case of ForoCoches and Vox in Spain
Anecdotal evidence suggests a link between online message boards and the rise of far-right movements, which have achieved growing electoral success globally. Press accounts and scholarship have suggested these message boards help to radicalize like-minded users through exposure to shared media insulated from cross-cutting viewpoints (e.g., Hine et al. 2017 ; Palmer 2019). To better understand what role online message boards might play for support…
Who are the people? Using fandom research to study populist supporters
This article suggests considering a social facet of populism, focusing on the supporters, to grasp how they use media to engage with the populist message and their understanding of it. The article proposes that a fan studies approach can be useful to examine how populist supporters’ identification with the imagined community of pure people can help them address specific social-psychological needs. A study applying this approach to the Spanish pop…
The comment gap: Affective publics and gatekeeping in The New York Times’ comment sections
This study examines journalists’ gatekeeping and audiences’ participation in The New York Times’ (NYT) comment sections. The concepts of affective publics and news gap informed a qualitative content analysis guided by the questions: (1) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the NYT Picks section? (2) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the Reader Picks section? (3) What is the overlap between the two type…
Everything is Biased: Populist Supporters’ Folk Theories of Journalism
Populist supporters have a complex relationship with journalism (e.g., embracing elites’ negative rhetoric, yet consuming news profusely). This study explores this relationship. The notion of folk theories informs an inductive analysis of thirty-three in-depth interviews conducted in 2021 with right-wing and left-wing populist supporters in the United States and Spain to understand how they (RQ1) make sense of their news consumption habits and (R…
Expectations of journalistic actors in the digital age: A conceptual framework
Journalists constantly navigate pressures and competing expectations from diverse stakeholders, all of whom have an interest in shaping journalistic work. Scholarship examining the wide range of influences on journalists has often placed the journalist at the center of the inquiry. We further the argument that there is an urgent need to place more emphasis on understanding the expectations that various stakeholders hold of journalists. To do so, …
Unpacking news consumption and trust decisions through a folk theory approach: A study of Austrian young adults
This article introduces and applies a situational, interactional, and processual theoretical framework to explore how folk theories of journalism shape people’s news use and trust decisions in specific, real-life circumstances. Following the “episode method”, 48 semi-structured interviews conducted with Austrian young adults revealed that objectivity and impartiality are regarded as the two cornerstones of journalism, aligning with Austria’s trad…
How Right-Wing Populists Engage with Cross-Cutting News on Online Message Boards: The Case of ForoCoches and Vox in Spain
Anecdotal evidence suggests a link between online message boards and the rise of far-right movements, which have achieved growing electoral success globally. Press accounts and scholarship have suggested these message boards help to radicalize like-minded users through exposure to shared media insulated from cross-cutting viewpoints (e.g., Hine et al. 2017 ; Palmer 2019). To better understand what role online message boards might play for support…
Who are the people? Using fandom research to study populist supporters
This article suggests considering a social facet of populism, focusing on the supporters, to grasp how they use media to engage with the populist message and their understanding of it. The article proposes that a fan studies approach can be useful to examine how populist supporters’ identification with the imagined community of pure people can help them address specific social-psychological needs. A study applying this approach to the Spanish pop…
The comment gap: Affective publics and gatekeeping in The New York Times’ comment sections
This study examines journalists’ gatekeeping and audiences’ participation in The New York Times’ (NYT) comment sections. The concepts of affective publics and news gap informed a qualitative content analysis guided by the questions: (1) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the NYT Picks section? (2) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the Reader Picks section? (3) What is the overlap between the two type…
Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: A Framework Informed by Boundary Work and Fan Studies
Digitalization and declines in news use underscore the tension between journalistic ideals of detachment and audience communities’ demands for journalistic actors’ engagement. This is enhanced by the emergence of non-traditional actors who can effectively assert journalistic authority within communities by deviating from specific traditional journalistic values. However, scholarly understanding of the role of community membership in claims of jou…
Correcting False Information: Journalistic Coverage During the 2016 and 2020 US Elections
This study examines journalistic coverage of false information through a qualitative textual analysis of news about four popular false information cases during the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections: The false claims that (1) the Pope endorsed Donald Trump; (2) Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager ran a pedophilia ring in a pizza shop; (3) the 2020 election was fraudulent and stolen; and (4) liberal politicians and celebrities were Satan…
The comment gap: Affective publics and gatekeeping in The New York Times’ comment sections
This study examines journalists’ gatekeeping and audiences’ participation in The New York Times’ (NYT) comment sections. The concepts of affective publics and news gap informed a qualitative content analysis guided by the questions: (1) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the NYT Picks section? (2) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the Reader Picks section? (3) What is the overlap between the two type…
Who are the people? Using fandom research to study populist supporters
This article suggests considering a social facet of populism, focusing on the supporters, to grasp how they use media to engage with the populist message and their understanding of it. The article proposes that a fan studies approach can be useful to examine how populist supporters’ identification with the imagined community of pure people can help them address specific social-psychological needs. A study applying this approach to the Spanish pop…
How Right-Wing Populists Engage with Cross-Cutting News on Online Message Boards: The Case of ForoCoches and Vox in Spain
Anecdotal evidence suggests a link between online message boards and the rise of far-right movements, which have achieved growing electoral success globally. Press accounts and scholarship have suggested these message boards help to radicalize like-minded users through exposure to shared media insulated from cross-cutting viewpoints (e.g., Hine et al. 2017 ; Palmer 2019). To better understand what role online message boards might play for support…
Correcting False Information: Journalistic Coverage During the 2016 and 2020 US Elections
This study examines journalistic coverage of false information through a qualitative textual analysis of news about four popular false information cases during the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections: The false claims that (1) the Pope endorsed Donald Trump; (2) Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager ran a pedophilia ring in a pizza shop; (3) the 2020 election was fraudulent and stolen; and (4) liberal politicians and celebrities were Satan…
Everything is Biased: Populist Supporters’ Folk Theories of Journalism
Populist supporters have a complex relationship with journalism (e.g., embracing elites’ negative rhetoric, yet consuming news profusely). This study explores this relationship. The notion of folk theories informs an inductive analysis of thirty-three in-depth interviews conducted in 2021 with right-wing and left-wing populist supporters in the United States and Spain to understand how they (RQ1) make sense of their news consumption habits and (R…
Introduction—The Curse of Relevance: Challenges Facing Right-Wing Studies
For at least the past decade, researchers of right-wing ideologies, movements, and media around the world have been met with a familiar refrain from interlocutors outside the field: "Oh!That's so relevant!"While perhaps a blessing in terms of renewed popular interest (e.g., publication opportunities and, albeit to a lesser extent, funding), many right-wing studies scholars would much rather the topic remain arcane and inconsequential."The right" …
Expectations of journalistic actors in the digital age: A conceptual framework
Journalists constantly navigate pressures and competing expectations from diverse stakeholders, all of whom have an interest in shaping journalistic work. Scholarship examining the wide range of influences on journalists has often placed the journalist at the center of the inquiry. We further the argument that there is an urgent need to place more emphasis on understanding the expectations that various stakeholders hold of journalists. To do so, …
Unpacking news consumption and trust decisions through a folk theory approach: A study of Austrian young adults
This article introduces and applies a situational, interactional, and processual theoretical framework to explore how folk theories of journalism shape people’s news use and trust decisions in specific, real-life circumstances. Following the “episode method”, 48 semi-structured interviews conducted with Austrian young adults revealed that objectivity and impartiality are regarded as the two cornerstones of journalism, aligning with Austria’s trad…
“The People” Imagined , Felt , and Experienced by Populist Supporters: A Cross-National and Cross-Ideological Approach
An Audience Turn in Right-wing Media Studies: A Response to Competing for Cultural Authority
Understanding news media trust through the lens of phenomenological sociology
In journalism studies and political communication research it is generally agreed that news media trust concerns a psychological state related to audiences’ willingness to be vulnerable to news media. Nonetheless, a number of theoretical considerations for refining conceptual understandings of news media trust remain to be addressed. These include: (1) what news media trust consists of; (2) the situational character of news media trust; and (3) h…
Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: A Framework Informed by Boundary Work and Fan Studies
Digitalization and declines in news use underscore the tension between journalistic ideals of detachment and audience communities’ demands for journalistic actors’ engagement. This is enhanced by the emergence of non-traditional actors who can effectively assert journalistic authority within communities by deviating from specific traditional journalistic values. However, scholarly understanding of the role of community membership in claims of jou…
National identity, institutional trust, and beliefs in Covid-19 origin conspiracies: A cross-national comparative study
Conspiracy theories flourished during the COVID-19 outbreak. The present study takes a cross-national comparative perspective to understand the relationships among people's national identities, trust in institutions, and their beliefs in COVID-19 origin conspiracy theories blaming other nations. Four cross-national surveys were conducted in China, South Korea, Spain, and the United States with a total of 1642 respondents. The results revealed tha…
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 decline in news trust and consumption. Much of this work has, however, evolved from studies of journalistic role perceptions to measure audiences’ expectations of these same roles. In line with the so-called audience turn in (digital) journalism studies, t…
Understanding disinformation as narratives in the hybrid media ecosystem: Evidence from the US
Utilizing data from a representative survey conducted in four U.S. states in mid-2023, the study explores the prevalence and impact of disinformation narratives. It reveals that narratives frequently appear across different media, enhancing their potential to influence public belief significantly when repeatedly exposed. The findings highlight that increased exposure to disinformation narratives intensifies belief in them, with the content of the…
Local journalists and the construction of social identities. A phenomenological approach
Research broadly agrees that geographical and social proximity to local inhabitants determines the embeddedness of local journalists in the communities they cover. Yet, the role of such proximity in local journalists’ understanding of local inhabitants–both as potential sources and audience members–has been less investigated. Understanding how journalists form their ideas of local inhabitants is essential, as it greatly influences their work. To …
Assessing the Role of Proximity, Authenticity, and Professionalism in Struggles Over Journalistic Authority in Fan Communities
Global declines in news consumption underscore the tension between journalists’ ideals of detachment and audience demands for engagement. In hybrid digital environments, non-traditional journalistic actors can assert authority in specific communities by deviating from traditional values. As these actors challenge traditional business models, their emergence has destabilized the journalistic field. Yet, scholarly understanding of how community mem…
Sociology (15 works) · Social Media and Politics (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Media studies (11 works) · Media Studies and Communication (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (6 works)