Naming the Ghost: Self-Naming, Pseudonyms, and Identities of Phantoms on Zimbabwean Twitter

In Zimbabwean online spaces, especially Twitter, use of phantom names is widespread. It is arguable that this is partially a result of the country’s repressive political environment. It is the names that the nameless Twitter characters select and the motivations for using specific names that are the...

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Main Authors: Albert Chibuwe, Phillip Mpofu, Kudakwashe Bhowa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-08-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211035694