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Technology and Elections in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Democratic Consolidation- [electronic resource]
Technology and Elections in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Democra...
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Technology and Elections in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Democratic Consolidation- [electronic resource]
자료유형  
 학위논문파일 국외
최종처리일시  
20240214101220
ISBN  
9798379905347
DDC  
320
저자명  
Wack, Morgan.
서명/저자  
Technology and Elections in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Democratic Consolidation - [electronic resource]
발행사항  
[S.l.]: : University of Washington., 2023
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,, 2023
형태사항  
1 online resource(202 p.)
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-01, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Long, James D.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2023.
사용제한주기  
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초록/해제  
요약This dissertation looks at the intersection of technology and politics in developing countries. Specifically, I examine how the dissemination of innovative technologies has influenced public opinion and political engagement in and around elections. Following an introduction, the second chapter details how the adoption of information and communications technologies (ICTs) has upended the usefulness of fraudulent elections in non-democracies. Drawing on evidence from Nicaragua's illegitimate 2021 presidential election, I detail how ICTs enable citizens to circumvent the intended signals from the FSLN by providing access to external information. I find that access to ICTs reduced the overall levels of perceived support for the ruling FSLN as well as incumbent President Daniel Ortega.In my third chapter, I examine the role of new technologies in the amplification of political misinformation related to electoral legitimacy along with the efficacy of digital interventions aimed at reducing its influence. First, I examine social media posts collected throughout Kenya's contentious 2022 presidential election campaign to illustrate the extent of the challenge posed by political misinformation to perceptions of the legitimacy of the vote. In doing so, I detail the deficiencies of current fact-checking efforts while generating novel insights regarding the challenge of political misinformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Next, I test a new method that incorporates insights from regional organizations to counter misinformation. I find evidence that "social truth queries" may be effective as a user-driven method for addressing misinformation that exists beyond the bounds of current fact-checking efforts in developing countries.The fourth chapter addresses the consequences of a ruling party's failure to deliver energy to the public. Drawing on a unique spatial dataset and electoral data collected from a variety of government sources in South Africa, I examine whether the dominance of the ANC has minimized the efficacy of electoral accountability mechanisms despite the party's association with the failure of the country's once admired national electricity grid. Specifically, I detail how salient governance provision failures, as proxied by "load shedding" in South Africa, reduce support for incumbent political parties while inducing both voter apathy and preference for alternative forms of government in a manner largely consistent with theories of electoral accountability. Collectively, my research details the influential consequences of technological diffusion and decay in developing countries while providing new evidence related to the potential of select digital interventions as well as the potential consequences of inadequate maintenance of existing technologies.
일반주제명  
Political science.
일반주제명  
Web studies.
일반주제명  
Information technology.
키워드  
Autocracy
키워드  
Democracy
키워드  
Elections
키워드  
Misinformation
키워드  
Social media
키워드  
Technology
기타저자  
University of Washington Political Science
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-01B.
기본자료저록  
Dissertation Abstract International
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