Social Networking Services (SNS) have played a significant role on the relationship among college students. They benefit a lot from such convenient tools; however, some drawbacks also have emerged. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of SNS in order to help students take full advantage of such tools, as well as to help students avoid similar probl...

A b s t r d C t Information and communication technologies (ICT) are at the heart of government social inclusion policy. However, the "digital divide " remains and social inclusion and technology are closely linked: Not having access to technology is often seen both as part of the inclusion/exclusion problem and part of the solution by enabling access to information resources through different ...

Participatory Action Research (PAR) with children and youth is at the intersection of child wellness and social inclusion. Exclusion and marginalization detract from personal and collective health. Inclusion, on the contrary, contributes to wellness. Hence, we should study inclusion and exclusion in the overall context of child wellness. This special issue offers a wealth of methodologies and l...

There is a growing interest in the social impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially in relation to social inclusion or exclusion. With the rapid growth of new technologies and the development of an Information Society, it has almost become necessary to have access to ICTs and the skills to use them in order to be able to participate fully in contemporary society. ...

BACKGROUND In order to improve the health of the most vulnerable groups in society, the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) called for multi-sectoral action, which requires research and policy on the multiple and inter-linking factors shaping health outcomes. Most conceptual tools available to researchers tend to focus on singular and specific social determinants of health (S...

The aim of this article is to highlight a change in the European Union’s ‘Lisbon Strategy’ since its launch seven years ago, in terms of putting more emphasis on culture as an important aspect of social inclusion. The article focuses on a research project coordinated in 2006 by the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), which reviewed and assessed cultural policies aimed at the social incl...