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'''Pseudonyms''' are invented names, which, like [[initials]], can, if they are neutral, ambiguous or contrary to conventional use, allow an author to [[passing|pass]] for the other sex as well as disguise their identity. | '''Pseudonyms''' are invented names, which, like [[initials]], can, if they are neutral, ambiguous or contrary to conventional use, allow an author to [[passing|pass]] for the other sex as well as disguise their identity. | ||
Pseudonyms are frequently used online to separate a person's offline identity from their online words. Common reasons for this are the desire to avoid the threat of murder or rape<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=14783 The Attack on Kathy Sierra], SF Chronicle</ref>, and the desire to avoid losing one's job as a consequence of speaking online (being "dooced"<ref>[http://www.macmillandictionary.com/New-Words/050131-dooced.htm Dooced]: Macmillan English Dictionary Resource Site</ref><ref>[http://newmedia.wikia.com/wiki/Doocing Doocing]: Wikia Technology</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/19/france.blog/index.html?section=cnn_tech 'Bridget Jones' blogger fire fury], CNN</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4683815.stm Digital citizens: the blogger], BBC</ref>.) People may also speak online pseudonymously or anonymously in order to be [[trolling|offensive]] without harming their own reputation. | |||
Otherwise known as "online handle", "screenname". | |||
=== Authors who have used pseudonyms === | === Authors who have used pseudonyms === | ||
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* [[Rebecca West]] | * [[Rebecca West]] | ||
* [[M.K. Wren]] | * [[M.K. Wren]] | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 6 February 2009
Pseudonyms are invented names, which, like initials, can, if they are neutral, ambiguous or contrary to conventional use, allow an author to pass for the other sex as well as disguise their identity.
Pseudonyms are frequently used online to separate a person's offline identity from their online words. Common reasons for this are the desire to avoid the threat of murder or rape[1], and the desire to avoid losing one's job as a consequence of speaking online (being "dooced"[2][3][4][5].) People may also speak online pseudonymously or anonymously in order to be offensive without harming their own reputation.
Otherwise known as "online handle", "screenname".
Authors who have used pseudonyms
- See List of women's pseudonyms and variant names for more.
- Louky Bersianik
- Jayge Carr
- Janine Cross
- C.L. Moore
- Sheri S. Tepper
- James Tiptree, Jr.
- Rebecca West
- M.K. Wren
Further reading
- See List of women's pseudonyms and variant names for more.
- See also Female and gender-ambiguous names used by men.
- http://www.trussel.com/books/pseud_a.htm Author pseudonyms
- ↑ The Attack on Kathy Sierra, SF Chronicle
- ↑ Dooced: Macmillan English Dictionary Resource Site
- ↑ Doocing: Wikia Technology
- ↑ 'Bridget Jones' blogger fire fury, CNN
- ↑ Digital citizens: the blogger, BBC