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- 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. Mousetrap Media Ltd
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- Remember, when the grassroots are being led by the elite it's not "astroturfing": it's community organizing. - The Jawa Report by
- 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 by
- While the term astroturfing goes back to the mid-1980s, the practice began many more years ago. - Guardian News and Media Limited by
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- Dukungan semu ialah dukungan yang direkayasa untuk tujuan kampanye politik ataupun iklan, yang mengesankan seolah-olah mewakili kalangan luas. The Free Dictionary - by Wiyanto Suroso
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- Dari fenomena sosial politik 2009 yang penulis amati, terlihat banyak para Caleg yang maju hanya berbekal keberanian dan dukungan semu, yaitu dukungan yang seakan-akan merepresentasikan dukungan mayoritas rakyat. - Solo Pos by Wiyanto Suroso
- Kendati demikian, upaya Partai Demokrat dan SBY merangkul sebagian besar partai politik di DPR, sepertinya tidak selamanya menguntungkan, sebab jika eskalasi hubungan antara partai berlian biru, Partai Golkar dan Partai berlogo banteng gemuk semakin kohesif, bisa saja partai - partai koalisi akan mengubah sikap politiknya dalam jargon klise koalisi kritis, yang sesungguhnya bentuk dukungan semu terhadap kekuasaan SBY-Boediono. - Suara Pembaruan by Wiyanto Suroso
- Aminuddin Kasim juga menyebutkan, dari 69 orang yang mengambil formulir pendaftaran calon anggota DPD di Sulawesi Tengah, ada beberapa calon yang ditengarai mendapatkan dukungan semu. KTP dikumpulkan lewat calo untuk difotokopi, sedangkan pemiliknya tidak membubuhkan tanda tangan langsung di atas formulir daftar dukungan. - Uni Sosial Demokrat by Wiyanto Suroso
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