[P2P-F] "astroturfing" p2p ?

[Michel Bauwens]

Dear Dante,

this link  mentions the chinese 50 cents army and the tea party as possible
candidates for astroturfed p2p movements,

see http://p2pfoundation.net/Astroturfing

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I m curious to find out about examples of corporations "astroturfing" p2p
> movements...
>
> http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Astroturf
>
> *Astroturf* refers to apparently grassroots-based citizen groups or
> coalitions that are primarily conceived, created and/or funded by
> corporations, industry trade associations, political interests or public
> relations firms<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_relations_firms>
> .
>
> *Campaigns & Elections* magazine defines astroturf as a "grassroots
> program that involves the instant manufacturing of public support for a
> point of view in which either uninformed activists are recruited or means of
> deception are used to recruit them." Journalist William Greider has coined
> his own term to describe corporate grassroots organizing. He calls it
> "democracy for hire."
>



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