Smart corruption: Satirical strategies for gaming accountability
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Smart corruption : Satirical strategies for gaming accountability. / Ghosh, Ritwick; Faxon, Hilary Oliva.
I: Big Data and Society, Bind 10, Nr. 1, 2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Kommentar/debat › Forskning
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Smart corruption
T2 - Satirical strategies for gaming accountability
AU - Ghosh, Ritwick
AU - Faxon, Hilary Oliva
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Although new forms of data can be used to hold power to account, they also grant the powerful new resources to game accountability. We dub the latter behavior “smart corruption.” The concept highlights the possibility of appropriating algorithms, infrastructures, and data publics to accumulate benefits and obscure responsibility while leaning into the positive associations of transparency. Unlike conventional forms of corruption, smart corruption is disguised as progressive, and is thus difficult to spot or analyze through existing legal or ethical frameworks. To illustrate, we outline a satirical strategy for gaming accountability. Identifying the particular mechanisms and outcomes of transgressive activities carried out under the veneer of data-driven transparency, as well as the key actors and organizations most active in gaming accountability, is an important research and political project.
AB - Although new forms of data can be used to hold power to account, they also grant the powerful new resources to game accountability. We dub the latter behavior “smart corruption.” The concept highlights the possibility of appropriating algorithms, infrastructures, and data publics to accumulate benefits and obscure responsibility while leaning into the positive associations of transparency. Unlike conventional forms of corruption, smart corruption is disguised as progressive, and is thus difficult to spot or analyze through existing legal or ethical frameworks. To illustrate, we outline a satirical strategy for gaming accountability. Identifying the particular mechanisms and outcomes of transgressive activities carried out under the veneer of data-driven transparency, as well as the key actors and organizations most active in gaming accountability, is an important research and political project.
KW - accountability
KW - corruption
KW - data-driven governance
KW - gaming
KW - institutions
KW - transparency
U2 - 10.1177/20539517231164119
DO - 10.1177/20539517231164119
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85150926297
VL - 10
JO - Big Data & Society
JF - Big Data & Society
SN - 2053-9517
IS - 1
ER -
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