ON PR
Edward Bernays on Propaganda and Public Relations (WorldNews), video clips
http://wn.com/_Edward_Bernays__on_Propaganda_and_Public_Relations_
Stuart Ewen interview. Ewen is the author of PR! A Social History of Spin (Basic Books, 1996).
http://subsol.c3.hu/subsol_2/contributors3/ewentext.html and interview with Carrie McLean in StayFree!
Stuart Ewen presents Mind Games & Activism: Marketing, Persuasion, and the Myth of the Hardwired Public (Not an Alternative, video)
http://vimeo.com/7716548
Spin Cycles – Ira Basen’s CBC radio series on the ‘spindustrial’ industry, political spin, spin doctors
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/spincycles/index.html
Corporate Watch – Public Relations and Lobbying Industry
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=1570
Center for Media and Democracy – PR Watch. List of large PR firms
http://www.prwatch.org/links/pr.html
SourceWatch Climate Page Portal
http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Climate_Change
GreenWashing
The appropriation of environmental values by industry, governments, and non-profit groups to create the impression of a pro-environmental image.
GreenWashing from Source Watch
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Greenwashing
–Greenwashing in Canada: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Greenwashing/Canada
Stop GreenWatch from GreenPeace
http://www.StopGreenwash.org/
GreenWashing: from Terra-Choice: act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.
http://sinsofgreenwashing.org/
The EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index (from U Oregon and the EnviroMedia Social Marketing)
http://www.greenwashingindex.com/
Rainforest Action Network – Greenwash of the Week: Mattel’s Barbie B-Cause
Librarian Avengers present Typography of Greenwashing
Astroturf(ing)
Formal public relations campaigns that present an impression of being grassroots and amateur.
Sourcewatch Astroturf
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Astroturf
apparently grassroots-based citizen groups or coalitions that are primarily conceived, created and/or funded by corporations, industry trade associations, political interests or pr firms
Astroturf Wars (film by Taki Oldham) (depiction of Tea Party and corporate connections)
http://astroturfwars.org/
M ichael Geist on the Copyright Industry’s AT Campaign (re Bill C-32, ca. 2010)
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5123/125/
Election Astroturfing – an article by Amber Hildebrandt at CBC.ca, 2011 (use of social media like Twitter)..
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/25/cv-election-truthy-memes-twitter.html
Rogers and spectrum
http://stopthecap.com/2011/09/26/rogers-launches-astroturf-campaign-to-recruit-customers-to-lobby-for-spectrum-for-rogers/
Copenhagen and PR and astroturfing and The Yes Men
http://mediascapes3.wordpress.com/category/chapter-17/
tcktcktck – global alliance campaign for Copenhagen 20 – the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA)
http://tcktcktck.org/people
