What is Astroturfing? (Propaganda, Fake “Grassroots Movements”)
Astroturfing is the informal term for campaigns or messages that appear to be naturally occurring, but are actually being defined by a company. Astroturfing hides the financial and business associations between the originating company and the message, potentially making corporate messaging more palatable to a public that might reject forthright propaganda.
The term "astroturfing" is a play on the term "grassroots movement," since the grass is fake. Astroturfing has been attempted by online businesses who present a product as being highly desired and sought out by a certain customer base via company-sponsored message board posts, blogs or articles when there is no evidence to support such an assertion.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astroturfing
https://www.businessinsider.com/astroturfing-grassroots-movements-2011-9
https://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-answers/what-is-astroturfing/
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