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Blogging the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals [PDF]

, 2009
This study focuses on the use of new technologies by the sports-media complex, looking specifically at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals. Combining the world's single largest sports media event with one of the most current, complex forms of Web-based ...
Dart, JJ
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Relações Públicas e Astroturfing na perspectiva relacional

Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, 2022
The public relations activity is defined as an area of strategic communication which acts on building mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their audiences. Constant social transformations have an impact on the social perception of different themes, which in turn also directly affects the positioning of organizations.
Leticia de Oliveira Giovanelli, Patricia Milano Persigo   +1 more
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Hydrochorous Dispersal of Diaspores in a Reconnected Floodplain: Distribution Patterns and Potential for the Development of Floodplain Habitats

Applied Vegetation Science, Volume 29, Issue 1, January/March 2026.
Dike relocation reconnected a section of the Elbe River to its floodplain, thereby restoring a more natural flooding regime, and hydrochorous dispersal of diaspores. Low areas received the most abundant and diverse diaspore deposition, which was dominated by herbaceous species characteristic of open floodplain habitats.
Sebastian Schäfer, Anikó Pusztazeri, Gert Rosenthal   +2 more
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Profiling Astroturfers on Facebook: A Complete Framework for Labeling, Feature Extraction, and Classification

Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction
The practice of online astroturfing has become increasingly pervasive in recent years, with the growth in popularity of social media. Astroturfing consists of promoting social, political, or other agendas in a non-transparent or deceitful way, where the ...
Jonathan Schler, Elisheva Bonchek-Dokow
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Clustering Memes in Social Media

, 2013
The increasing pervasiveness of social media creates new opportunities to study human social behavior, while challenging our capability to analyze their massive data streams.
Becker H., Metaxas P., Ratkiewicz J., Reisinger J., Sayyadi H., Simmons M., Yih W.   +6 more
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„Astroturfing“ als Desinformationsstrategie am Beispiel (heimlich) pharmafinanzierter Patientinnen-Initiativen [PDF]

Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis, 2021
Desinformationskampagnen können verschiedene Formen annehmen, bzw. Strategien verfolgen: Etwa, Konfusionen erzeugen, um relevante Tatsachen mit Nebensächlichkeiten zu überdecken. Oder es wird durch propagandistische Anstrengungen ein eigenes Narrativ, eine Gegenerzählung etabliert, um den wissenschaftlichen Konsens in Zweifel zu ziehen, weil er ...
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Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 100-124, January 2026.
Abstract The Brussels effect has become a major tool for analysing the global exemplary impact of the European Union (EU) rules in academia and policy‐making. It is entering uncharted territory. Heightened corporate lobbying and third‐country influence test the EU's regulatory capacity and the stringency of its standards while shifting political tides ...
Matti Ylönen
wiley   +1 more source

Which consideration(s) for ethics within the use of information and communication technologies by public relations ? An analysis ofastroturfing cases and a critical standpoint [PDF]

, 2012
L’astroturfing est une stratégie de communication dont la source est occultée et qui prétend, à tort, être d’origine citoyenne. Dans le cadre d’une recherche exploratoire visant à approfondir les connaissances à propos de ce phénomène, nous avons ...
Boulay, Sophie
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Detecting astroturf lobbying movements

Communication and the Public, 2020
Astroturf lobbying refers to the simulation of grassroots support for or against a public policy. The objective of this tactic is for private interests to pretend they have public support for their cause. However, omitting to disclose the real sponsor of a message renders the communication unauthentic and undermines democratic and pluralist values ...
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Online Political Discussion Under Authoritarianism: What Do Citizens Make of Censored Political Discussion?

Regulation &Governance, Volume 20, Issue 1, Page 105-118, January 2026.
ABSTRACT There is a continuing debate on whether the internet serves as a public sphere for meaningful political discussion and increases political engagement. Yet, we know little about how internet users in authoritarian regimes perceive and experience online political discussion beyond the dominant frame of censorship and surveillance.
Daniela Stockmann, Ting Luo
wiley   +1 more source