<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wanicka, Olga</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">‘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’ Needs</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Central and Eastern European Migration Review</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">brokerage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Filipino international labour migration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">formality and informality</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mediated intimacy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">performance authenticity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">YouTube vlogger</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">491-516</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;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 &amp;ndash; migrant micro-influencers who share international job opportunities and are increasingly trusted over established authorities. While media scholars analyse influencers&amp;rsquo; self-presentation, their role in international labour migration remains underexplored. Migrant YouTube vloggers blend formal and informal brokerage and intermediary practices through &amp;lsquo;performance authenticity&amp;rsquo; (Taylor 2022), achieved by a &amp;lsquo;mediated&amp;rsquo; presence and intimacy, as well as the strategic &amp;lsquo;game with the expectations and needs&amp;rsquo; of job-seeking viewers. It allows them to shift between formal and informal intermediation and brokerage, depending on the context and audience&amp;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&amp;rsquo; dual formal and informal roles. Using a visual and thematic content analysis of a Filipina vlogger&amp;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;9 August 2024&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;3 September 2025&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;6 November 2025&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom4></record></records></xml>