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How to pronounce “astroturfing”
Hear “astroturfing” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for astroturfing
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of astroturfing with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Jeff Hancock: 3 types of (digital) lies 18 minutes
In North America, we call this Astroturfing,
- Definition summary
- (originally US politics, now social media, marketing) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a "grass-roots" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce astroturfing
Jeff Hancock: 3 types of (digital) lies 18 minutes
In North America, we call this Astroturfing,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “astroturfing”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (originally US politics, now social media, marketing) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a "grass-roots" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion.
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