Grassroots for Hire
by Edward T. Walker · first published 2014
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"Although 'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass participation today is sponsored by elite consultants working for corporations and powerful interest groups. This book pulls back the curtain to reveal a lucrative industry of consulting firms that incentivize public activism as a marketable service. Edward Walker illustrates how, spurred by the post-sixties advocacy explosion and rising business political engagement, elite consultants have deployed new technologies to commercialize mass participation. Using evidence from interviews, surveys and public recor
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See also Grassroots for Hire, based on a dissertation http://www.techsoc.com/grassroots.html "Edward T. Walker, a professor of sociology and that University of California, Los Angeles, captured the results of his detailed study…
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on “Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have read?” ↗And commercial reputation management / PR firms. See the book Grassroots for Hire.
on “Stories that Hacker News removes from the front page” ↗…more sophisticated in their craft than we are -- they do it all day, every day. They know what makes something look credible, and you can see that discussed in the article. EDIT: I just found this: Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy by Edward T. Walker Although 'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass participation today is sponsored by elite consultants…
on “Hacked emails reveal China’s Internet propaganda machine” ↗Edward Walker has a dissertation and book ("Grassroots for Hire") which includes data on modern-day commercial astroturfing, https://qualpolicomm.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/q-a-with-ed-wa... "Walker examines the “back stage” work that public affairs professionals do…
on “Literary Magazines for Socialists Funded by the CIA, Ranked” ↗"Pervasive" is within the context of high-profile topics. One academic study was "Grassroots for Hire", https://www.amazon.com/Grassroots-Hire-Consultants-American-... For DIY quantification, create a spreadsheet of userids, threads and manually tagged perspectives from your favorite social network or…
on “The cypherpunk revolution” ↗…conditioning techniques is worth knowing if you hope to avoid or overcome these traps. Only then will you advance onto recognizing propagandized newz so that you can resolutely reject it. [1] 2014 book, "Grassroots for Hire" by Edward T. Walker, http://web.archive.org/web/20210918020918/http://techsoc.com...
on “Are You Ok?” ↗An interview with the author of Grassroots for Hire, based on his doctoral thesis, https://qualpolicomm.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/q-a-with-ed-wa... "Walker shows how repertoires of participation originally developed by advocacy organizations, electoral…
on “F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as a Utility” ↗