From Bonehead to @realDonaldTrump

Abstract

In many online services, we are identified by self-chosen usernames, also known as nicknames or pseudonyms. Usernames have been studied quite extensively within several academic disciplines, yet few existing literature reviews or meta-analyses provide a comprehensive picture of the name category. This article addresses this gap by thoroughly analyzing 103 research articles with usernames as their primary focus. Despite the great variety of approaches taken to investigate usernames, three main types of studies can be identified: (1) qualitative analyses examining username semantics, the motivations for name choices, and how the names are linked to the identities of the users; (2) experiments testing the communicative functions of usernames; and (3) computational studies analyzing large corpora of usernames to acquire information about the users and their behavior. The current review investigates the terminology, objectives, methods, data, results, and impact of these three study types in detail. Finally, research gaps and potential directions for future works are discussed. As this investigation will demonstrate, more research is needed to examine naming practices in social media, username-related online discrimination and harassment, and username usage in conversations.

150th anniversary of Alberto Santos-Dumont’s birth, the father of aviation: the damselfly Cyanallagma demoiselle sp. nov. from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

“…Since the introduction of the first available names for odonates by Linnaeus in 1758, about 23% of dragonfly and damselfly species have been baptized honoring individuals (Hämäläinen, 2016). This practice has increased dramatically over the last 30 years, accounting for 40 to 45% of all names for odonates introduced within this period (Hämäläinen, 2016(Hämäläinen, , 2021), which appears to be significantly higher than the average for other metazoans (compare with data in Ceríaco et al, 2023). Such a phenomenon can be explained by a variety of reasons, including egocentrism, but sometimes it appears to be related to efforts to draw more attention to the biodiversity agenda from the public.…”

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“…pl. AINIALA-ÖSTMAN 2017, AINIALA-JANTUNEN 2019,RAUNAMAA 2020, HÄMÄLÄINEN 2022. Az egyik legjelentősebb finn nyelvészeti kiadvány, a Virittäjä 2021-ben a 125. évfordulóját ünnepelte, amelynek alkalmából TERHI AINIALA és PAULA SJÖBLOM (2021) összegezte a folyóiratban 1897-2019 között megjelent névtani írásokat és különösen az ezekben használt módszereket.…”