| English term or phrase: astroturfing | Definition from Mousetrap Media Ltd :
A term used to describe fake grassroots support on websites and in blog comments. A method most usually employed by the public relations and advertising industry and political groups.
Example sentence(s): - Remember, when the grassroots are being led by the elite it's not "astroturfing": it's community organizing. The Jawa Report
- What companies rarely realize, however, is that astroturfing is a myth, one which I've never heard of working to do anything except unravel companies’ reputations. Ryan Block
- While the term astroturfing goes back to the mid-1980s, the practice began many more years ago. Guardian News and Media Limited
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| دعاية شعبية زائفة | Definition:
الدعاية الشعبية الزائفة هي الدعاية التي يطلقها حزب سياسي أو شركة معلنة أو أي جهة ترغب في إضفاء صفة الشعبية على حملاتها الموجهة لكي تبدو وكأنها تلقائية وتنطلق من الاتجاه الشعبي |
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