leafleting
Handing out pamphlets
Leafleting is the activity of distributing leaflets—printed sheets with information, advertising, or political messages—typically by hand in public places: They spent Saturday morning leafleting outside the grocery store.
Also spelled leafletting.
The practice is common for local campaigns, protests, and grassroots organizing.
Systematic direct voter outreach
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
- hand-to-handAt grappling distance
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- passersbyPeople going past
pedestrians · handout · disseminate · circulate · spread · tabling · postering · drop-off
Thin informational booklets
- brochuresPrinted promotional materials
- handbillsPrinted promotional sheets
- circularsMass-mailed promotional materials
- handoutsItems distributed freely
literature · booklets · factsheets · notices · bulletins · inserts · printouts · mailers
Organized effort toward goal
- rallyGathering for a cause
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
vigil · march · samizdat · grassroots · mobilize · outreach · awareness · advocacy
Paid promotional communication
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- announceState something officially
- publicizeMake information widely available
inform · persuade · recruit · solicit · promote · propaganda · electioneering · endorsement
canvassing
Systematic direct voter outreach
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
- hand-to-handAt grappling distance
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
passersby · pedestrians · handout · disseminate · circulate · spread · tabling · postering · drop-off · mailbox
pamphlets
Thin informational booklets
- brochuresPrinted promotional materials
- handbillsPrinted promotional sheets
- circularsMass-mailed promotional materials
handouts · literature · booklets · factsheets · notices · bulletins · inserts · printouts · mailers · newsletters
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
picketing · vigil · march · samizdat · grassroots · mobilize · outreach · awareness · advocacy · petition
advertising
Paid promotional communication
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- announceState something officially
publicize · inform · persuade · recruit · solicit · promote · propaganda · electioneering · endorsement
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- street lifestreet food, street fair, street fairs, street music, street vendor
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- canvassingcanvassers, knock, door knocking, door-to-door, canvass
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
leafletingdigital advertising
Web-based commercial promotion
social media marketing · broadcasting · television advertising · radio advertising · texting
leafletingcensorship
Official content restriction
suppression · silencing · information blackout · keeping quiet · silence
leafletingdigital advertising
Web-based commercial promotion
online marketing · broadcasting · telemarketing · text messaging · banner ads
leaf, leafy, flyer, leaflet, flyers, leaflets, leafless, leafleted, leafage