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Social media use for offline political action (OPA) and corruption in Africa: impacts and transmission channels

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  • Sylvain B. Ngassam

    (Dschang, Cameroon)

  • Simplice A. Asongu

    (Yaoundé, Cameroon)

  • Gildas T. Ngueleweu

    (Dschang, Cameroon)

Abstract

Despite a growing literature on the determinants of corruption, existing studies are sparse on the channels through which social media curbs corruption using panel data. Social media is captured by the percentages of the population and elites that use social media for offline political actions (OPA). This research uses annual data from a panel of 47 African countries over the period 2000–2018. Results show that social media used by the population for OPA directly curbs executive, judicial and legislative corruption. The use of social media by elites for OPA boosts corruption in the judicial sector. Moreover, social media indirectly curbs corruption through their effects on civil society participation. Reducing corruption in Africa requires inter alia, policies aimed at promoting the use of social media for OPA, the emergence of dynamic and effective civil society participation and the improvement of the quality of democracy.

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  • Sylvain B. Ngassam & Simplice A. Asongu & Gildas T. Ngueleweu, 2023. "Social media use for offline political action (OPA) and corruption in Africa: impacts and transmission channels," Journal of Africa SEER Centre(ASC) 23/013, Africa SEER Centre(ASC).
    • Handle: RePEc:dbm:wpaper:23/013
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    JEL classification:

    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal

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