Lindita Carmaj co-authors articles on European media systems and election chatbot responses
Lindita Carmaj, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, is the co-author of two articles recently published in the academic journals Journalism and Communication & Change.
Camaj, University of Tirana Professor Alban Tartari and University of Prishtina Assistant Professor Dren Gërguri authored “The institutional logic of news source selection in clentelistic media systems: A comparative study of Albania and Kosovo. Their study examined source diversity in broadcast news in Albania and Kosovo’s hybrid clientelist media systems.
Their findings revealed persistent elite-centric sourcing patterns, with significant variation between the two countries. Albanian journalists report stronger influence from media owners, managers and government institutions, indicating a highly hierarchical and clientelist structure. In contrast, Kosovo’s media system exhibits a more fragmented and fluid environment. The article was published in Journalism on Aug. 13.
Carmaj was also the co-author of “Toward an integrative model of agenda setting theory: A sociotechnical typology for the age of platformization and agent AI” with University of Minnesota doctoral student Mahbubul Haque Bhulyan. Their study followed an agenda-setting perspective to compare the structure of issue, candidate and party emphasis in AI chatbot responses during the 2025 Norwegian election campaign with content from search engines and news websites. The article was published in Communication & Change on May 14.
According to the authors, “Results highlight a significant shift in scholarship toward the agency focused approach that explores how individual actors increasingly shape public discourse on social media. This shift underscores the growing influence of audience agency, where users not only consume but also produce and amplify agendas through hashtag activism and networked interactions.”
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