CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has directed the Mayurbhanj district police to file an action taken report (ATR) on the ...

The Beed superintendent of police has ordered an inquiry into allegations against a policeman accused of spreading a rumour.

The digital age has ushered in sophisticated scammers who prey on vulnerable individuals through social media and messaging ...

Alexander Rogers, 20, jumped into the River Thames in January last year after a woman expressed being 'uncomfortable' about a sexual encounter they had.

The court ruled that the local leaders’ actions against the plaintiff constituted “ostracism that went beyond the confines of what is permitted under normal social conventions.” Part of Usa ...

is a postdoctoral researcher in social psychology at the University of Basel in Switzerland, researching social interactions, ostracism, and social media processes.

Around 20 families in Atrar village, Madhya Pradesh, face ostracism after receiving prasad from a Dalit man at the Talaiya Hanuman Temple. The sarpanch allegedly ordered a social boycott ...

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of social media addiction (SMA) among individuals with BPD and to explore whether it is related to aspects of disorder symptomology. Methods: ...

A Vokkaliga family from Yelandur taluk, Chamarajanagara district, has alleged social ostracism by their own community after they rented a house to a Scheduled Caste (SC) family A Vokkaliga family ...

Ostracism has specific psychosocial and behavioural consequences that might vary according to context. In this Review, Chen and colleagues elaborate on a multiple-processes framework of ostracism ...

The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers. A government ...

Decades of research suggest that the quality of our social ties might be the single biggest predictor of our well-being. Social connections are sometimes called “social capital” for good reason: They ...