#pseudoevent — Public Fediverse posts
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Historian Daniel Boorstin in his book "The Image" coined the term "pseudo-event" to describe the manufactured media landscape that was meant to appear authentic despite being "not spontaneous but comes about because someone has planned, planted, or incited it."
From:
The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen