Astroturf is a word to describe a grassroots campaign that was created by the common people, for the common people and to benefit the common people. Other common people involved create how-to pamphlets and fund issue campaigns. And everyone involved in an astroturf campaign welcomes scrutiny along with every other aspect of democracy!
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| - Astroturf is a word to describe a grassroots campaign that was created by the common people, for the common people and to benefit the common people. Other common people involved create how-to pamphlets and fund issue campaigns. And everyone involved in an astroturf campaign welcomes scrutiny along with every other aspect of democracy!
- Astroturf names bogus or artificial grassroots movements that are covertly funded by political and corporate special interests. Their existence points up one of the flaws with arguments for interest group pluralism.
- AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short-pile synthetic turf. The prime reason to incorporate AstroTurf on game fields was to avoid the cost of laying natural turf, especially indoors.
- This page gives you the opportunity to redirect to the original article that is on Wikipedia or stay on the American Football Database. Clicking on the link on this page will redirect to Wikipedia's Astroturf article. Take me to the [ Astroturf] article on Wikipedia. Click here to return to the American Football Database main page or just hit your browsers back button to return to your previous page. These Redirect pages should be eliminated in either of two ways. Things to think about:
- Astroturf is a term used to describe organizations or movements that are created or funded by large , rich benefactors, or professional full-time activists. Astroturf movements have been deceitfully managed so they appear to be "grassroots" movements formed by regular folks. It is named for a brand of artificial grass used in sports arenas and elsewhere (pioneered at the Astrodome - get it?).
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| - Astroturf is a word to describe a grassroots campaign that was created by the common people, for the common people and to benefit the common people. Other common people involved create how-to pamphlets and fund issue campaigns. And everyone involved in an astroturf campaign welcomes scrutiny along with every other aspect of democracy!
- Astroturf names bogus or artificial grassroots movements that are covertly funded by political and corporate special interests. Their existence points up one of the flaws with arguments for interest group pluralism.
- AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short-pile synthetic turf. The prime reason to incorporate AstroTurf on game fields was to avoid the cost of laying natural turf, especially indoors.
- This page gives you the opportunity to redirect to the original article that is on Wikipedia or stay on the American Football Database. Clicking on the link on this page will redirect to Wikipedia's Astroturf article. Take me to the [ Astroturf] article on Wikipedia. Click here to return to the American Football Database main page or just hit your browsers back button to return to your previous page. These Redirect pages should be eliminated in either of two ways.
* #1 Create a article of our own for this page.
* #2 On every page a Astroturf link exists make a direct link to the original Wikipedia article. Things to think about:
* #1 Creating our own page for this article may add a superfluous amount of pages.
* #2 Some of these article links may be on hundreds of pages that would need direct links. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- Astroturf is a term used to describe organizations or movements that are created or funded by large , rich benefactors, or professional full-time activists. Astroturf movements have been deceitfully managed so they appear to be "grassroots" movements formed by regular folks. It is named for a brand of artificial grass used in sports arenas and elsewhere (pioneered at the Astrodome - get it?). For example, a slick glossy publication called The New Hampshire Smoker tried to present itself as the journal of a grassroots group formed to "protect smoker's rights". However, in the fine print it said "Published by Philip-Morris" -- a major cigarette manufacturer. The tobacco industry was notorious for its astroturf groups. In political contexts, use of the word "Citizens" in a group's name usually but not always implies astroturfing. In the real world, it is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between hard-core "astroturf" and genuine "grassroots" organisations, since interested commercial entities will often provide some funding to groups that were formed by real people. It is theoretically possible for a determined group of individuals to take over and wrest control away from a corporate sponsor and turn astroturf into the real thing. Still the odds are strongly against this, since Money is the backbone of modern political activism. It's also possible, and much easier, for a genuine grassroots organisation to be co-opted by a corporate sponsor and turned into astroturf.
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