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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

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Aug 24, 2025

“In 1967, French #philosopher #GuyDebord wrote “ #SocietyoftheSpectacle,” which expanded the idea of the #pseudo-event into a comprehensive social dysfunction: “All that once was directly lived has become mere representation,” he wrote, meaning that …” www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...

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joe•iuculano

Apr 7, 2024

@knittingknots2

I call it "Manipulating Media via Pseudo-Events", events produced by a communicator with the sole purpose of generating #media attention and #publicity. These events lack real news value but still become the subject of media coverage. In short, pseudo-events are a #PublicRelations tactic.

And Trump knows how to work it

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