02276nas a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041245016900055210006900224300001200293490000700305520145600312653001401768653004401782653003001826653002201856653002901878653002001907100001801927856012501945       2025                        eng d  a2300-168200a‘Thanks Sis! I Am Praying for Your Work Permit!’: The Role of the YouTube Vlogger’s Performance Authenticity in the Game with the Migrant Job-Seekers’ Needs0 aThanks Sis I Am Praying for Your Work Permit The Role of the You  a491-5160 v143 a<p>Recently, online searching has become as important as more traditional methods of getting a job abroad. International labour migration is now influenced by new key actors &ndash; migrant micro-influencers who share international job opportunities and are increasingly trusted over established authorities. While media scholars analyse influencers&rsquo; self-presentation, their role in international labour migration remains underexplored. Migrant YouTube vloggers blend formal and informal brokerage and intermediary practices through &lsquo;performance authenticity&rsquo; (Taylor 2022), achieved by a &lsquo;mediated&rsquo; presence and intimacy, as well as the strategic &lsquo;game with the expectations and needs&rsquo; of job-seeking viewers. It allows them to shift between formal and informal intermediation and brokerage, depending on the context and audience&rsquo;s preferences. Through authenticity, migrant micro-influencers build trust and adapt their content to audience expectations in an online spectacle. This trust requires strategically blurring vloggers&rsquo; dual formal and informal roles. Using a visual and thematic content analysis of a Filipina vlogger&rsquo;s YouTube channel, the study examines how migrant micro-influencers impact labour brokerage and intermediation. They do so by adapting to audience expectations and leveraging informal media conventions to enhance their credibility as brokers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>10abrokerage10aFilipino international labour migration10aformality and informality10amediated intimacy10aperformance authenticity10aYouTube vlogger1 aWanicka, Olga  uhttps://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/thanks-sis-i-am-praying-your-work-permit-role-youtube-vlogger-s-performance-authenticity