1. Tools of Social Media for
Fighting against Corruption

2. Background
 In social sphere, corruption discourages
people to work together for the common good.
Frustration and general apathy among the
public result in a weak civil society.
 In the modern era, the Social Media tools are
developed as very powerful among the
younger generation for eradicating the
corruption in the society.
 The Social media tools has become an
important to affect change and transform
politics around the world and has emerged as
a powerful development tools.

3. Purpose of study
More young people now able to access, create and distribute
information and ideas through social media which are now
spreading faster, pushing the boundaries of freedom of expression
and opening up new possibilities for change and reform.
This online Platform allows virtually everyone to become a
"publisher" and freely report even the corruption cases.
A grounded analysis of social media are not only capable of
blocking access to certain Internet outlets, but also becoming
increasingly adept at manipulating them to their advantage.
Research of this study helps to build the knowledge base on the
availability of social media tools that are used to engage citizens to
fight against corruption.
The study will support Transparency in national efforts to generate
realistic innovative ideas to embrace emerging opportunities for a
social media strategy.

4. Hypothesis
 Identifying how individuals, civil society
organisations, business men and
governments around the nation use the tools
of the social media technologies in their
strategic planning and day-to-day operations
to fight against corruption.
 Analysing how the social media tools like
Crowd-sourcing, Social Networking, Online
Communities, Blogging, Mobile
Technology, Internet Censorship
Circumvention are fighting against corruption
in our nation and whether it is functioning
effectively to remove the corruption in the

5. Methodology
 The respondents for the data analysis randomly identified
and interviewed, either via Skype or in person, at among
the leading practitioners and scholars working in the nexus
between civil society and social media.
 Totally 75 persons were interviewed and their opinion were
also been recorded. This study is focused to examine
motivations in the context of anti-corruption activism.
 From the database, the following categories were found
relevant to the over searching theme of anti-corruption.
Access to Information Checks on Government
Electoral Monitoring Civic Engagement
Disaster Response Human Rights Violations

6. What is corruption?
oCorruption means any abuse of a position of trust in order to gain an
undue advantage. This involves the conduct of both sides that of the
person who abuses his position of trust as well as that of the person
who seeks to gain an undue advantage by this abuse.
oCorrupt practices can range from small favours in anticipation of a
future advantage to the payment of large sums of money to senior
members of governments.
oCorruption can be broadly distinguished as incidental corruption (petty
graft, small-scale embezzlement, favouritism) and systemic corruption
(large-scale embezzlement, misappropriation) at the other.
oNow a days fight against the corruption has been making headlines in
the various tools of Social Media in India. The call for passing the Jan
Lokpal (anti-corruption) bill has transformed the political consciousness
of tens of thousands of Indians who reluctantly accept corruption as
part of their culture.

7. Types of social media
Social Media tools Description
Tool
The act of outsourcing the gathering of information to the public
Crowd sourcing via Internet and/or mobile technology in order to produce
collaborative content, to which anyone can contribute.
Social networking are online communities where people can
Social
interact with friends, family, co-workers, acquaintances, and others
Networking
with similar interests.
A type of social network maintained via practice of
Online
membership rituals by participants with shared interests, often taking
Communities
the form of chat-rooms or forums.
The maintenance of an online space by individuals with regular entries
Blogging of commentary, or other material such as graphics or video - allowing
for the exchange of ideas between blogger and visitors.
Communication enabled via mobile phones through voice call, short
Technology message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS) and,
increasingly, access to the Internet.
Internet
The use of various web technologies to bypass barriers imposed to
Censorship
block free access to online content.
Circumvention

8. Social Media Against Corruption
Using social media tools like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter
has become an effective way to expand reach, foster
engagement and increase access to credible, anti-corruption
and legal-based messages. Social media & other emerging
communication technologies can connect millions of voices to:
 Facilitate information sharing for the eradication of
corruption in the civil society.
 Personalize and reinforce protection of life and fight against
corruption that can be more easily tailored or targeted to
particular audiences of the civil society.
 Empower people to make safer and healthier decisions in
anti-corruption as per law, providing in the constitutional
rights.

9. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Due to the development of technology of online
networks, the Chief Vigilance Commission of Government of
India has separately hoisted a social network to watchdog
everything about the corruption and protect the society
without corruption.
The tools of social media are often used in conjunction
with another to produce the most valuable output.
There are several NGOs and civil society activists use
these tools for anti-corruption initiatives.
The causes supported the innovative analyze of the
study valuable insights into how anti-corruption activism is
taking place through the strategic use of social media.

10. Access to Information
In many developing countries, there are real
structural and political barriers to produce
information, and the ability of citizens to claim their
right to information and to use it to demand better
governance and public services without corruption.
Regarding to access to Information in the strategic
planning and day-to-day operations to fight against
corruption many answers during interview, the online
community, Mobile technology and Social Networking
have been used maximum above 60 percentage and
Crowd sourcing and Blogging are used minimum
percentage.

11. Social Media tools in access to Information
to fight against Corruption (N = 75)
Change indicators
Yes No
Sl. No. Impact dimensions
Nos. Percentage Nos. Percentage
1. Crowd sourcing 45 60 30 40
Social Networking
2. 65 86.7 10 13.3
Online
3. Communities 70 93.3 05 06.4
4. Blogging 35 46.7 40 53.3
Mobile
5. 63 84 12 16
Technology
Internet
6. Censorship 55 73.3 20 26.7
Circumvention

12. Checks on
Government
 The various tools of social media maintain a database of public
information on over parliamentary members , legislative members and
officials has proven valuable to journalists reporting on corruption issues.
 Regarding to check on Government in their strategic planning and
day-to-day operations to fight against corruption, most of the answer is yes
and for that the effective tools like social networking, online community
and Mobile technology and its change indicators are above fifty and other
tools are used for fighting corruption are below fifty percentage.
 The combines the concept of crowd sourcing with blogging and social
networking are effectively checks on government like politicians and
officials who are possessed any illegal properties without giving account to
the government.
 Wiki page that assembles several blogs and tweets reporting on the
activities of a chosen politician, foster political transparency and
accountability by monitoring the activities and performance of elected
officials.

13. Social Media tools checks on Government
for Anti-Corruption (N = 75)
Change indicators
Impact
Sl. No. Yes No
dimensions
Nos. Percentage Nos. Percentage
1. Crowd sourcing 40 53.3 35 46.7
Social
2. 70 93.3 05 06.7
Networking
Online
3. 69 92 06 08
Communities
4. Blogging 45 60 30 40
Mobile
5. 56 74.7 19 25.3
Technology
Internet
6. Censorship 43 57.3 32 42.7
Circumvention

14. Electoral
Monitoring
Many electoral monitoring initiatives track events
during elections, supporting efforts to expose
incidents of vote buying or fraud. Such initiatives
demonstrate the value of social media, both in
enabling immediate information dissemination via
SMS and mobile technology, and by mapping crowd
sourced data.
The challenges facing electoral monitoring projects
are relevant to collect the real-time data during
elections, information validity, limited rural
access, and long-term impact on accountability.

15. Social Media tools monitoring election
without Corruption (N = 75)
Change indicators
Sl. Impact
Yes No
No. dimensions
Nos. Percentage Nos. Percentage
1. Crowd sourcing 69 92 06 08
Social
2. 65 86.7 10 13.3
Networking
Online
3. 70 93.3 05 06.7
Communities
4. Blogging 40 53.3 35 46.7
Mobile
5. 50 66.7 25 33.4
Technology
Internet
6. Censorship 55 73.3 20 26.7
Circumvention

16. Civic Engagement
Social networking regarding civic engagement challenges
corruption by encouraging active citizenship, exposing
government inefficiencies and demanding transparency in
service delivery.
Crowd sourcing, mobile technology and online
communities utilizes initiatives such databases of evidence to
bring malfeasance to light based on real time public reports.
Regarding the question of civic engagement many of the
respondent have answered above fifty percentage for the
social media tools of crowd sourcing, social networking, and
online communities, but other tools of the social medias are
getting response below fifty percentage.

17. Social Media tools used for civic
engagement for fighting corruption (N = 75)
Change indicators
Sl. No. Impact dimensions Yes No
Nos. Percentage Nos. Percentage
1. Crowd sourcing 55 73.3 20 26.7
Social
2. Networking 66 88 09 12
Online
3. Communities 65 86.7 10 13.3
4. Blogging 49 65.3 26 34.7
Mobile
5. Technology 40 53.3 35 46.4
Internet
6. Censorship 35 46.7 40 53.3
Circumvention

18. Disaster Response
Thinking back to the recent natural catastrophes, including
the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2008 Sichuan
earthquake and even Katrina none seemed to galvanize
support so quickly at this one. Many disaster prone zones also
suffer from endemic corruption, thus making humanitarian aid
particularly vulnerable during emergencies.
Regarding the disaster response questions many of the
respondent have answered above fifty percentages for the
social media tools of social networking, online
communities, and mobile technology, but other tools of the
Social Media like crowd sourcing, blogging, and internet
Censorship Circumvention are getting response below fifty
percentage.

19. Social Media tools fighting corruption in the
issue of
Disaster Response (N = 75)
Change indicators
Sl. No. Impact dimensions Yes No
Nos. Percentage Nos. Percentage
1. Crowd sourcing 40 53.3 35 46.4
Social
2. Networking 65 86.7 10 13.3
Online
3. Communities 70 93.3 05 06.7
4. Blogging 43 57.3 32 42.7
Mobile
5. Technology 55 73.3 20 26.7
Internet
6. Censorship 32 42.7 43 67.3
Circumvention

20. Human Rights Violations
 The anti corruption activists can be directly
threatened by human rights violations. As a result
social media is increasingly used to bring attention
to under reported cases.
 Regarding the social media tools used for
protection of human rights many of the respondents
have answered above fifty five percentages for the
social media tools of crowd sourcing, social
networking and online communities, but other tools
of the Social Media like crowd sourcing, blogging,
mobile technology, and internet Censorship
Circumvention are getting response below fifty five
percentage.

21. Social Media tools used for fighting
corruption
in human rights violationindicators75)
Change
(N =
Impact
Sl. No. Yes No
dimensions
Nos. Percentage Nos. Percentage
1. Crowd sourcing 50 66.7 25 33.4
Social
2. Networking 55 73.3 20 26.7
Online
3. Communities 63 84 12 16
4. Blogging 44 58.7 31 41.3
Mobile
5. Technology 50 66.7 25 33.4
Internet
6. Censorship 35 46.7 40 53.3
Circumvention

22. Conclusion
Transparency in the use of providing database among the potential
members of the network of civil society can be a challenge for the
corruption.
 iPad, Bribe D 10, Vigeye D 22 encourages Indian citizens to submit
SMS or online reports about instances where they have been
forced to pay a bribe.
Online and Offline interactions among social network users will
have an impact on real time activities to defy widespread tolerance
of bribery as a normal way of dealing with corrupt government
officials.
Providing volunteers with a cost -free and user- friendly interface
can contribute to broader online anti-corruption initiatives and
campaigns.
International and Nation wide attitudinal change, with protests and
candle light support rallies are conducted against the corruption
practices of the Nation and world.