Low-cost Air Travel: Social Inclusion or Social Exclusion?

Expectations of Social Inclusion and Exclusion

Individuals engage in social interactions generally expecting inclusion (Kerr and Levine, 2008; Wesselmann et al., 2010, 2013). This expectation seems reasonable, given individuals’ basic need to establish and maintain social connections to sustain physical and psychological well-being (Baumeister and Leary, 1995). However, individuals often experience social exclusion; situations broadly invol...

Nonverbal responses to social inclusion and exclusion

Applying an elaborate and novel experimental paradigmwe collected non-verbal responses to social inclusion and exclusion. A judgement experiment revealed that it was possible to determine whether a person was included or excluded, based solely on non-verbal, behavioral cues, especially if the person was male. A detailed coding using the ECSI scale suggests that included speakers displayed more ...

Social inclusion or social control? Homelessness and mental health

These keywords are based on the subject headings from the British Nursing Index. This article has been subject to a double-blind review. In the UK a new and refreshing literature is emerging that addresses the need for socially inclusive models and strategies for people with mental health problems (e.g. Bates 2002a, Repper and Perkins 2003). There appears, however, to be little evidence for str...

The effects of paranoid and or persecutory delusions on feelings of social inclusion and exclusion

Social Inclusion or Exclusion?: When Weibo (Microblogging) Meets the "New Generation" of Rural Migrant Workers

The rapid development of social media has had a profound impact on how people access and share information in China. Some researchers suggest that the new social media has broken through the monolithic propaganda of traditional Chinese media and brought a diversity of topics and perspectives into view. Others argue that platforms such as Weibo (microblogging) largely privilege the opinions of w...