Sara García Santamaría

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies, Universitat de València

Profile Articles

Sara García Santamaría is a Political and Digital Communication researcher at the University of Valencia, Spain, where she leads the VIBE-POL research project. She is also Vice-Chair of the Political Communication Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).
Her work examines how Political Communication is changing in the post-digital age, with a particular interest in populism and the far right. She explores how affect, aesthetics and performance help political movements attract attention and build support. She also researches disinformation and disputes over truth in the digital age.

Selected Publications

.2018 - PhD in Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Selected Publications
.2026.“From Message to Vibe: TikTok and Affective Political Communication in the 2024 UK Election.” Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 32(2), 297–313. (With Susan Grantham and Kai Grant.)
.2026.“Performing Far-Right Populism: Exploring Milei's Excess through the Aesthetics of the Carnival.” Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, 34(1), 1–26.
.2025.“Lawfare and Mediafare as Character Attacks: The Cases of Ada Colau, Mónica Oltra and Irene Montero in Spain.” Profesional de la Información, 33(6). (with Germán Llorca-Abad and Dolors Palau-Sampio.)
.2025.“Reversed Witch Hunts: Far-Right Narratives of Sexual Abuse and Male Victimhood at the 2023 Women's Soccer World Cup.” Journal of Gender Studies. (With Paolo Cossarini.)
.2025.“Unraveling the Dynamics of Climate Disinformation: Understanding the Role of Vested Interests, Political Actors, and Technological Amplification.” Observatorio. (With Paolo Cossarini, Eva Campos-Domínguez and Dolors Palau-Sampio.)
.2024. State-Sponsored Disinformation Around the Globe: How Politicians Deceive Their Citizens. Routledge. (Co-edited with Martín Echeverría and Daniel C. Hallin.)
.2022.“Caring Ecologies of the New Right and Left: Populist Performances of Care during the Pandemic.” Media and Communication, 10(4), 224–235.
.2021.“Politicians 'Stay Home': Left-Wing Populism and Performances of the Intimate Self on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Networking Knowledge, 14(1), 28–50.
.2020.“The Italian Taste: The Far-Right and the Performance of Exclusionary Populism during the 2019 European Elections.” Trípodos, 49(1), 129–149.

Experience

• –present Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies, Universitat de València

Education

• 2018 University of Sheffield, UK, PhD in Journalism Studies

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