... aim is to analyse the sociological definition and functions of cyber communities and to explore the make-up, means of membership, issues of inequality, and the possibility that real communities will become a secondary means of social functioning. Cyber Communities Cyber communities, a place where people can meet, associate, and exchange experiences, found its gestation in the ... , likely projecting a positive and likeable personality while undesirable characteristics are withheld. Issues of honesty and deception become apparent with the ease of constructing multiple identities and assoc...

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... Cevallos, in August 1988. Whereas Febres Cordero, a millionaire businessman from Guayaquil, had advocated a free-market economy, strong executive control, and close alignment with the United States, Borja, a social democrat from Quito, adopted a mixed economy, a pluralist government, and a nonaligned foreign policy. In his first two years, Borja succeeded in softening the impact of his predecessor's legacy of ... political, economic, and social crises. Despite a decade of civilian democratic rule marked by three peaceful transitions of governments, the political system remained vulnerabl...

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