The effects of anti-corruption videos on attitudes towards corruption in a Ukrainian online survey

Elena Denisova-Schmidt, Martin Huber and Yaroslav Prytula

No 499, FSES Working Papers from Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland

Abstract: This paper presents the outcomes of an anti-corruption educational intervention among Ukrainian students based on an online experiment. More than 3,000 survey participants were randomly assigned to one of three different videos on corruption and its consequences (treatment groups) or a video on higher education (control group). The data suggest a high level of academic dishonesty and misconduct among young people, but also a negative attitude towards corruption in general, highlighting the ambivalence of corruption in the country. We find that one video, which presented a thrilling story about a victim of corruption related to common bribery in an accessible way, was effective in promoting awareness of the negative consequences of corruption. In contrast, the other two treatment videos, which more closely followed the style of TV news or documentaries on corruption, did not generally promote negative attitudes towards corruption. Presenting corruption issues in a catchy way therefore appears to matter for the effectiveness of such interventions.

Keywords: Anti-Corruption Campaigns; Experiments; Corruption; Academic Integrity; University; Students; Ukraine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2019-01-01
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