astroturfing

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17:57 Sep 23, 2009
English to Urdu translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Additional field(s): Advertising / Public Relations, Journalism
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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5مصنوعی تائید و تعریف
Haris Ali Dogar


  

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مصنوعی تائید و تعریف


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  • اکثر ویب سائٹس میں مصنوعی تعریف و تائید کے ذریعے مخلف کپنیاں اپنی مصنوعات کے حلقہء گاہکی کو بڑھانے کی کوشش کرتی ہیںَ - www.google.com  
Haris Ali Dogar
Pakistan
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in PunjabiPunjabi
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