Public relations tactic using fake grassroots movements
This article is about the type of advocacy. For the artificial grass, see AstroTurf.
Astroturfing is the practice of hiding the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g., political, advertising, religious, or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from, and is supported by, grassroots participants. It is a practice intended to give the statements or organizations credibility by withholding information about the source's financial backers.
The implication behind the use of the term is that instead of a "true" or "natural" grassroots effort behind the activity in question, there is a "fake" or "artificial" appearance of support.
studies suggest astroturfing can alter public viewpoints and create enough doubt to inhibit action. In the first systematic study of astroturfing in the United...
corporation or think tank. It is named after AstroTurf, a brand of artificial grass. An example of astroturfing was the ExxonMobil Corporation's push to disseminate...
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confederates to make you look important. The service has been characterized as astroturfing. Dan Schneider, writing for The Atlantic, said "There might be some gray...
Nataline Sarkisyan and the former vice president of Cigna talking about astroturfing, the practice of creating fake blogs by interested groups, e.g. health...
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is that it goes hand in hand with what is known as Astroturf lobbying or Astroturfing. Astroturf-style activism has been deemed by many as "artificial"...
supposedly more moderate group. Some special interest groups engage in astroturfing, an attempt to mask lobbying as a grassroots movement. South Africa's...
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submitted about competing businesses – a practice sometimes known as "astroturfing", which the company has tried to combat in various ways. Two former PayPal...
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techniques are also employed by some organizations, such as spam accounts and astroturfing. A risk for both individuals and organizations writing posts (especially...
Global Times were ordered by the Chinese Communist Party to conduct an "astroturfing" campaign against "maverick" Ai Weiwei. In October 2015, Roderick MacFarquhar...
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testimonials and recommendations are all products of Astroturfing in the public-relations sector. Astroturfing involves generating an artificial hype around...
Chinese staff of the Global Times were ordered by Hu to conduct an "astroturfing" campaign against Ai Weiwei in favor of the Chinese government's criticism...
(such as claims that mass shootings are hoaxes) are themselves spread by astroturfing, which is an attempt to create false impression of popularity in a belief...
individuals or organizations, as a way of managing their public profile. Astroturfing is when there is an intent and attempt to create the illusion of support...
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organized events to support Donald Trump, was noted and criticized for its astroturfing methods and the claim that there was a popular movement of people leaving...
newspaper Neues Deutschland attributed the success of the phenomenon to astroturfing. According to journalist Thomas Koch from the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche...
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entire network of contacts. In November 2007, Shelfari was accused of astroturfing by Tim Spalding, the creator of LibraryThing, a competing social networking...
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