Citizens and Their Bots that Sniff Corruption: Using Digital Media To Expose Politicians Who Misuse Public Money

• In Event: Measures, Determinants, and Effects of Corruption in Latin America

Brief Overview

By examining two anticorruption bottom-up initiatives in Brazil, the paper accesses the main constraints affecting and benefits of grassroots initiatives that pursue name and shame strategies by exposing politicians and publicizing their wrongdoings.

Authors

• Fernanda Odilla, University of Bologna

• Clarissa Santos Veloso, University of Bologna