Ask HN: Do you have experience in/knowledge of online pro-corporate propaganda?

3 pointsby OhioMan2943el año pasado2 comments

Hi HN, we all know state propaganda is rife online in this day and age, and well documented both by institutions like Columbia uni and Oxford, and training/workplace videos of bot farms and office workers on youtube.

What I don't see often documented, but I think is equally prevalent, is corporate online disinformation/misinformation efforts. These companies often have much higher gdps than nation states, and their efforts seem more discreet, at least in the media.

Would greatly appreciate anything you have :)

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Over2Charsel año pasado

I believe that some corporations and their PR firms have been caught updating their wikipedia pages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_o...

getwiththeprogel año pasado

It is called advertizing!

Advertizing is so effective that much advertizing becomes normalized and then spread for free by other media.

Advertizing and corporate agendas also infiltrate films and television - this is such a huge area. Media studies at universities may look at it. Start digging and you will uncover quite a lot of reading material.