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	'''Astroturfing''' refers to giving misleading impressions regarding grassroots support for something. The term comes from AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to resemble natural grass.		'''Astroturfing''' refers to giving misleading impressions regarding grassroots support for something. The term comes from AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to resemble natural grass.

	One example is "consumer" reviews of commercial products on ~~tbe~~ Internet. In 2012, a data-mining expert "estimates that about one-third of all consumer reviews on ~~tbe~~ Internet are fake. Yet it is all but impossible to tell when reviews were written by ~~tbe~~ marketers or retailers (or by ~~tbe~~ authors themselves under pseudonyms), by customers (who might get a deal from a merchant for giving a good score) or by a hired third-party service."<ref>Streitfeld, David (August 25, 2012). "The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&</ref>		One example is "consumer" reviews of commercial products on the Internet. In 2012, a data-mining expert "estimates that about one-third of all consumer reviews on the Internet are fake. Yet it is all but impossible to tell when reviews were written by the marketers or retailers (or by the authors themselves under pseudonyms), by customers (who might get a deal from a merchant for giving a good score) or by a hired third-party service."<ref>Streitfeld, David (August 25, 2012). "The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&</ref>

	What practices are astroturfing may be unclear. Political organizations often encourage their supporters to write to politicians and newspapers, participate in protests, and so on. This is usually not considered to be astroturfing, but if an organization is extremely active regarding this, then this may cause misleading impressions regarding public support. [[Politically correct Internet activism organizations]] is one example of this.		What practices are astroturfing may be unclear. Political organizations often encourage their supporters to write to politicians and newspapers, participate in protests, and so on. This is usually not considered to be astroturfing, but if an organization is extremely active regarding this, then this may cause misleading impressions regarding public support. [[Politically correct Internet activism organizations]] is one example of this.
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	Politically correct [[mass media]] practice astroturfing, such as by sometimes stating too low numbers of protesters protesting something politically correct, and conversely stating too high numbers of politically correct counter-protesters.		Politically correct [[mass media]] practice astroturfing, such as by sometimes stating too low numbers of protesters protesting something politically correct, and conversely stating too high numbers of politically correct counter-protesters.

	[[Homosexual]] activists have been accused of often deliberately citing misleading numbers regarding ~~tbe~~ prevalence of homosexuality, in order to gain more political influence. There has also been a greatly expanded presence of homosexuals in (entertainment) mass media. This may explain why surveys in ~~tbe~~ United States have found that ~~tbe~~ general public greatly overestimates ~~tbe~~ prevalence of homosexuality and that these overestimates have become increasingly larger over time.<ref>How Many Gay People Are There In America? Nope — You’re Wrong http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/how-many-gay-people-are-there-in-america-nope-youre-wrong/</ref><ref>Poll: Americans massively overestimate prevalence of homosexuality. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/poll-americans-massively-overestimate-prevalence-of-homosexuality</ref>		[[Homosexual]] activists have been accused of often deliberately citing misleading numbers regarding the prevalence of homosexuality, in order to gain more political influence. There has also been a greatly expanded presence of homosexuals in (entertainment) mass media. This may explain why surveys in the United States have found that the general public greatly overestimates the prevalence of homosexuality and that these overestimates have become increasingly larger over time.<ref>How Many Gay People Are There In America? Nope — You’re Wrong http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/how-many-gay-people-are-there-in-america-nope-youre-wrong/</ref><ref>Poll: Americans massively overestimate prevalence of homosexuality. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/poll-americans-massively-overestimate-prevalence-of-homosexuality</ref>

	Some aspects of [[hasbara]] may be astroturfing.		Some aspects of [[hasbara]] may be astroturfing.

	[[Wikipedia]] has been criticized for easily being manipulated by organized groups regarding ~~tbe~~ "consensus" on what views to include in articles. See [[Wikipedia#Organized_team_editing\|Wikipedia: Organized team editing]].		[[Wikipedia]] has been criticized for easily being manipulated by organized groups regarding the "consensus" on what views to include in articles. See [[Wikipedia#Organized_team_editing\|Wikipedia: Organized team editing]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	'''Astroturfing''' refers to giving misleading impressions regarding grassroots support for something. The term comes from AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to resemble natural grass.		'''Astroturfing''' refers to giving misleading impressions regarding grassroots support for something. The term comes from AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to resemble natural grass.

	One example is "consumer" reviews of commercial products on ~~the~~ Internet. In 2012, a data-mining expert "estimates that about one-third of all consumer reviews on ~~the~~ Internet are fake. Yet it is all but impossible to tell when reviews were written by ~~the~~ marketers or retailers (or by ~~the~~ authors themselves under pseudonyms), by customers (who might get a deal from a merchant for giving a good score) or by a hired third-party service."<ref>Streitfeld, David (August 25, 2012). "The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&</ref>		One example is "consumer" reviews of commercial products on tbe Internet. In 2012, a data-mining expert "estimates that about one-third of all consumer reviews on tbe Internet are fake. Yet it is all but impossible to tell when reviews were written by tbe marketers or retailers (or by tbe authors themselves under pseudonyms), by customers (who might get a deal from a merchant for giving a good score) or by a hired third-party service."<ref>Streitfeld, David (August 25, 2012). "The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&</ref>

	What practices are astroturfing may be unclear. Political organizations often encourage their supporters to write to politicians and newspapers, participate in protests, and so on. This is usually not considered to be astroturfing, but if an organization is extremely active regarding this, then this may cause misleading impressions regarding public support. [[Politically correct Internet activism organizations]] is one example of this.		What practices are astroturfing may be unclear. Political organizations often encourage their supporters to write to politicians and newspapers, participate in protests, and so on. This is usually not considered to be astroturfing, but if an organization is extremely active regarding this, then this may cause misleading impressions regarding public support. [[Politically correct Internet activism organizations]] is one example of this.
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	Politically correct [[mass media]] practice astroturfing, such as by sometimes stating too low numbers of protesters protesting something politically correct, and conversely stating too high numbers of politically correct counter-protesters.		Politically correct [[mass media]] practice astroturfing, such as by sometimes stating too low numbers of protesters protesting something politically correct, and conversely stating too high numbers of politically correct counter-protesters.

	[[Homosexual]] activists have been accused of often deliberately citing misleading numbers regarding ~~the~~ prevalence of homosexuality, in order to gain more political influence. There has also been a greatly expanded presence of homosexuals in (entertainment) mass media. This may explain why surveys in ~~the~~ United States have found that ~~the~~ general public greatly overestimates ~~the~~ prevalence of homosexuality and that these overestimates have become increasingly larger over time.<ref>How Many Gay People Are There In America? Nope — You’re Wrong http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/how-many-gay-people-are-there-in-america-nope-youre-wrong/</ref><ref>Poll: Americans massively overestimate prevalence of homosexuality. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/poll-americans-massively-overestimate-prevalence-of-homosexuality</ref>		[[Homosexual]] activists have been accused of often deliberately citing misleading numbers regarding tbe prevalence of homosexuality, in order to gain more political influence. There has also been a greatly expanded presence of homosexuals in (entertainment) mass media. This may explain why surveys in tbe United States have found that tbe general public greatly overestimates tbe prevalence of homosexuality and that these overestimates have become increasingly larger over time.<ref>How Many Gay People Are There In America? Nope — You’re Wrong http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/how-many-gay-people-are-there-in-america-nope-youre-wrong/</ref><ref>Poll: Americans massively overestimate prevalence of homosexuality. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/poll-americans-massively-overestimate-prevalence-of-homosexuality</ref>

	Some aspects of [[hasbara]] may be astroturfing.		Some aspects of [[hasbara]] may be astroturfing.

	[[Wikipedia]] has been criticized for easily being manipulated by organized groups regarding ~~the~~ "consensus" on what views to include in articles. See [[Wikipedia#Organized_team_editing\|Wikipedia: Organized team editing]].		[[Wikipedia]] has been criticized for easily being manipulated by organized groups regarding tbe "consensus" on what views to include in articles. See [[Wikipedia#Organized_team_editing\|Wikipedia: Organized team editing]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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'''Astroturfing''' refers to giving misleading impressions regarding grassroots support for something. The term comes from AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to resemble natural grass.

One example is "consumer" reviews of commercial products on the Internet. In 2012, a data-mining expert "estimates that about one-third of all consumer reviews on the Internet are fake. Yet it is all but impossible to tell when reviews were written by the marketers or retailers (or by the authors themselves under pseudonyms), by customers (who might get a deal from a merchant for giving a good score) or by a hired third-party service."<ref>Streitfeld, David (August 25, 2012). "The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&</ref>

What practices are astroturfing may be unclear. Political organizations often encourage their supporters to write to politicians and newspapers, participate in protests, and so on. This is usually not considered to be astroturfing, but if an organization is extremely active regarding this, then this may cause misleading impressions regarding public support. [[Politically correct Internet activism organizations]] is one example of this.

Politically correct [[mass media]] practice astroturfing, such as by sometimes stating too low numbers of protesters protesting something politically correct, and conversely stating too high numbers of politically correct counter-protesters.

[[Homosexual]] activists have been accused of often deliberately citing misleading numbers regarding the prevalence of homosexuality, in order to gain more political influence. There has also been a greatly expanded presence of homosexuals in (entertainment) mass media. This may explain why surveys in the United States have found that the general public greatly overestimates the prevalence of homosexuality and that these overestimates have become increasingly larger over time.<ref>How Many Gay People Are There In America? Nope — You’re Wrong http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/how-many-gay-people-are-there-in-america-nope-youre-wrong/</ref><ref>Poll: Americans massively overestimate prevalence of homosexuality. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/poll-americans-massively-overestimate-prevalence-of-homosexuality</ref>

Some aspects of [[hasbara]] may be astroturfing.

[[Wikipedia]] has been criticized for easily being manipulated by organized groups regarding the "consensus" on what views to include in articles. See [[Wikipedia#Organized_team_editing|Wikipedia: Organized team editing]].

== See also ==
*[[Virtue signalling]] - Another cause of misleading impressions of support for something.

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[[Category:Propaganda]]