Dear Dante,<br><br>this link mentions the chinese 50 cents army and the tea party as possible candidates for astroturfed p2p movements,<br><br>see <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Astroturfing">http://p2pfoundation.net/Astroturfing</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I m curious to find out about examples of corporations "astroturfing" p2p movements...<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Astroturf" target="_blank">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Astroturf</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Astroturf</b></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">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 </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_relations_firms" title="Public relations firms" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184);" target="_blank">public relations firms</a></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">.</span><br>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Campaigns & Elections</i> 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."</span></div>
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