The 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. ... Cultural or ethnic minorities, woman, youth, homosexuals, disabled and so on, are minorities that may find greater acceptance and inclusion in cyber communities. ... Moreover, any individual could be, for example, a male heterosexual in real life but may interact in a net community as a single female, a teenage boy in another, or even a hom...

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• Grade Level: Graduate