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单词 astroturfing
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Definition of astroturfing in English:

astroturfing

noun ˈastrəʊtəːfɪŋ
mass noun
  • The deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's "artificial grass roots" letter writing - astroturfing.
    • But the Dispatches programme, The Dirty Tricks Election, is the first to show in detail how astroturfing works - and how sophisticated it has become.
    • At its worst, it is a form of astroturfing, the pernicious practice of trying to trick people into thinking that has widespread support from ordinary members of the public.
    • An EU directive enacted in Britain last year made astroturfing illegal, and there have been similar moves in the US.
    • Belief in ordinary voices is exploited by PRs and politicians skilled in the dark art of astroturfing.
    • Problem was, his supporters sent it to multiple newspapers without changing the text whatsoever, leading the campaign to have to apologize for astroturfing.
    • There's a lot of controversy surrounding the so-called astroturfing.
    • It's the professionalization of astroturfing.
    • Shameless astroturfing.
    • And let's not even begin to discuss astroturfing.
    • An aide said Mr. Markey hoped to combat the tactic of astroturfing in which a professional lobbying effort is made to seem like a grass-roots movement.
    • Little wonder the phenomenon called astroturfing has spread in politics, advertising and PR.
    • Astroturfing is risky business.
    • But the significant element of astroturfing in many of these instances of democratisation is widely ignored.
    • Still, some argue that the angry reaction from editors over astroturfing is blowing the situation out of proportion.
    • This type of corporate 'astroturfing' is nothing new to either organization.
    • What he is talking about is not really astroturfing, but rather the granting of some individuals a big megaphone.
    • So astroturfing is an easy way out, but it will be exposed.
    • These can be counteracted through astroturfing and other kinds of guerilla marketing, and human corruptibility, error, and laziness, respectively.
    • Advertising and PR strategists regard astroturfing as the next frontier.

Origin

1990s: from AstroTurf, the idea being that such a campaign is an artificial version of a grass-roots campaign (see grass roots).

 
 
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