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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

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See “Astroturfing&# above for more. By examining data including IP addresses, you can see if companies are the primary (self-interested?) Here’s a good example of a PR professional (Todd Defren) who discloses when he is Twittering on behalf of a client. Shills are often employed by confidence artists.