Results 131 to 140 of about 258 (181)

Survey on astroturfing awareness

2019 42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2019
This paper describes astroturfing as an organized effort to influence someone's thinking in order to gain benefit in various ways. Insufficient information and lack of critical thinking are good grounds for using false assumptions to influence the minds of others and their actions.
Bernard Vukelic, Bruno Polonijo, Marin Kaluza   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Commercial Astroturfing Detection in Social Networks

Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, 2018
One of the major problem for recommendation services is commercial astroturfing. This work is devoted to constructing a model capable of detecting astroturfing in customer reviews based on network analysis. The model uses projecting a multipartite network to a unipartite graph, for which we detect communities and represent actors with falsified ...
Ilya Makarov, Ilia Karpov, Leonid Zhukov   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

A Method of Creating Artificial Agendas: Astroturfing

Journal of Engineering and Philosophy, 2023
Astroturfing is a deceptive tactic used to create the impression of widespread grassroots support for a particular agenda or product. It involves the use of fake online identities, paid influencers or shills, and the manipulation of existing accounts to spread a particular message. Astroturfing is often used to manipulate public opinion and advance the
Sadullah Mücahid Bağ, Selami Özsoy
openaire   +1 more source

Domes and Astroturf

Environment and Behavior, 1993
An analysis of baseball statistics from the 26 major league baseball stadiums for five seasons (1983-1987) confirmed many commonly held beliefs about the effects of artificial playing surfaces and domed stadiums on the performance of baseball players. Specifically, it was determined that performance measures dependent on running speed and fielding are ...
Guy H. Goodman, Francis T. Mcandrew
openaire   +1 more source

Astroturfing

2010
M.F.A. ; "This thesis represents the first third of a fictional novel entitled Astroturfing"--p.
openaire   +1 more source

Astroturf and populism in Australia: The Convoy of No Confidence

Australian Journal of Political Science, 2014
The 'Convoy of No Confidence' was a trucking convoy that converged on Canberra in 2011 in a failed attempt to force the Gillard Labor government to an early election. At the time, there was widespread speculation that it was an 'astroturf' or synthetic grassroots movement. This article assesses the extent to which this alleged astroturf event exhibited
openaire   +4 more sources

Cleat-surface friction on new and old Astroturf

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 1975
The authors have studied the alterations in cleat-surface friction of AstroTurf associated with use and exposure. Three cleat types were studied on five year old turf and on an unused, unexposed turf sample of the same production batch. Tests were carried out with and against surface grain under wet and dry conditions.
K D, Bowers, R B, Martin
openaire   +2 more sources

Astroturf als Lobbyingstrategie

2011
Politische Interessenvertretung erfolgt in der parlamentarischen Demokratie der Bundesrepublik Deutschland uberwiegend in institutionalisierten Verfahren. „Um die formalen Entscheidungstrager haben sich Netzwerke aus Burgerinitiativen, Interessenverbanden und Unternehmen etabliert, die kommunizierend und beratend Einfluss auf die Politik nehmen und an ...
openaire   +1 more source

Civil society and EU democracy: ‘astroturf’ representation?

Journal of European Public Policy, 2010
The growing uneasiness about the democratic deficit of the European Union (EU) has incited politicians and academics alike to look for remedies other than institutional reforms and giving more powers to the European Parliament. Strategies of ‘good governance’ shifted centre stage and the governance turn initiated a lively discourse on the democratic ...
openaire   +1 more source