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Accepted Paper:
Getting the (right) message? Is the fight against corruption increasing voter apathy?
Caryn Peiffer (University of Birmingham)
Paper short abstract:
Based on an original household survey-experiment in Jakarta, this study examines whether and how messages about corruption and anticorruption influence attitudes towards fighting corruption, willingness to report corruption, and willingness to be otherwise politically involved.
Paper long abstract:
Do messages about the pervasiveness of corruption turn people off from participating in a civil society based fight to control corruption? Do messages that highlight the government's success in fighting corruption inspire anticorruption activism? How do messages about corruption influence willingness to be politically active, in general? Based on an original household survey-experiment in Jakarta, this study examines whether and how messages about corruption and anticorruption influence willingness to report corruption, and to be otherwise politically involved. A few preliminary findings seem most important. Political apathy seems to increase when people are exposed to stories about pervasive corruption. Willingness to report corruption seems to be uninfluenced by stories of how pervasive corruption is. However, people may be inspired by messages that emphasise the government's successes in fighting corruption, when thinking about whether or not they want to engage in civil action against corruption.
Thinking and working politically about corruption and anti-corruption
Session 1