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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
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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
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Survey on astroturfing awareness
2019 42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2019This 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.
Vukelić, Bernard +2 more
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2010
M.F.A. ; "This thesis represents the first third of a fictional novel entitled Astroturfing"--p.
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M.F.A. ; "This thesis represents the first third of a fictional novel entitled Astroturfing"--p.
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Cleat-surface friction on new and old Astroturf
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 1975The 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
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Digital Astroturfing: Definition, typology, and countermeasures.
2016In recent years, several instances of political actors creating fake grassroots activity on the Internet have been uncovered. We propose to call such fake online grassroots activity digital astroturfing. In this paper, we lay out a conceptual map of the phenomenon of digital astroturfing.
Kovic, Marko +2 more
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Civil society and EU democracy: ‘astroturf’ representation?
Journal of European Public Policy, 2010The 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 ...
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Astroturf als Lobbyingstrategie
2011Politische 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 ...
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