Reader's Digest 12月号にSocial Vocab Sock-puppetingと題された記事がありました。
Not as cute as it sounds, this is the practice of setting up a fake online identity in order to make comments about one's own work or the work of a rival. There have been numerous sock-puppet scandals within the literary world, with authors using fake identities to give themselves rave reviews and slam books by other authors onsites such as amazon.com.
日本でも芸能人による同じ様なインチキな宣伝がちょっと前にニュースになっていましたが、上の文に出てきた "sock-puppet" はその様な偽の情報を提供する人の事を指しているのでしょうか？ 文字通りの "sock puppet" の人形がありますが、どんな関係があるのでしょうか？ 記事の表題からすると新語の様なので辞書に載っているか調べます。
OneLook検索でリストされたのはWikipediaとコンピュータ用語辞典の二つだけでした。Wikipediaの説明にOxford Dictionaryにもこの新しい意味が載るようになったとあったので先にOxford Dictionaryの "sock puppet" の項の説明を引用します。
a simple hand puppet made from a sock.
・a person whose actions are controlled by another: a brainless sock puppet who only knows what to say because his handlers feed him his lines
・a false online identity, typically created by a person or group in order to promote their own opinions or views: both sides in the debate use sock puppets to make it seem as if scores of people are arguing a point
なるほど、文字通りの "sock puppet" からオンライン上でのサギ的な偽名による情報提供の意味を持つ様になったのが良く分かります。
Wikipediaの説明も一部を抜粋して下記に引用します。
A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term-a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock-originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internet community who spoke to, or about himself while pretending to be another person. The term now includes other uses of misleading online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a third party or organization, or to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer. Many online communities have a policy of blocking sockpuppets.
インターネット上の情報を全てまに受けるのではなく、各自がしっかりと内容を判断する必要があると言う事ですね。
Not as cute as it sounds, this is the practice of setting up a fake online identity in order to make comments about one's own work or the work of a rival. There have been numerous sock-puppet scandals within the literary world, with authors using fake identities to give themselves rave reviews and slam books by other authors onsites such as amazon.com.
日本でも芸能人による同じ様なインチキな宣伝がちょっと前にニュースになっていましたが、上の文に出てきた "sock-puppet" はその様な偽の情報を提供する人の事を指しているのでしょうか？ 文字通りの "sock puppet" の人形がありますが、どんな関係があるのでしょうか？ 記事の表題からすると新語の様なので辞書に載っているか調べます。
OneLook検索でリストされたのはWikipediaとコンピュータ用語辞典の二つだけでした。Wikipediaの説明にOxford Dictionaryにもこの新しい意味が載るようになったとあったので先にOxford Dictionaryの "sock puppet" の項の説明を引用します。
a simple hand puppet made from a sock.
・a person whose actions are controlled by another: a brainless sock puppet who only knows what to say because his handlers feed him his lines
・a false online identity, typically created by a person or group in order to promote their own opinions or views: both sides in the debate use sock puppets to make it seem as if scores of people are arguing a point
なるほど、文字通りの "sock puppet" からオンライン上でのサギ的な偽名による情報提供の意味を持つ様になったのが良く分かります。
Wikipediaの説明も一部を抜粋して下記に引用します。
A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term-a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock-originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internet community who spoke to, or about himself while pretending to be another person. The term now includes other uses of misleading online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a third party or organization, or to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer. Many online communities have a policy of blocking sockpuppets.
インターネット上の情報を全てまに受けるのではなく、各自がしっかりと内容を判断する必要があると言う事ですね。
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