Abstract: Internet has experienced phenomenal growth in higher education. Computer technology has become ingrained in every aspect of the society. Students use computers and electronic devices such as tablets and Smart phones, to communicate with their peers and professors. Internet is used for many different activities including shopping, communicating, learning, and distributing information. Many college courses require students to check their e-mail regularly for communication and tutorial purposes. Social networking websites have also become a popular avenue for college students. In fact, college organizations have utilized these platforms to promote academic and social events. College students who do not have Internet access may miss out the important news posted through the college's website and e-mail system. Use of the World Wide Web to teach information retrieval skills to college students is rather new phenomenon. Word processing is a basic skill that involves typing and formatting documents. Many courses in college require to present information in a word processed report format. It is not only important to gather and process information, but it is also important to present information in a readable and attractive layout. Many instructors give students guidelines for essays or reports specifying margin set-up or line spacing. Knowing how to manipulate word processing software will save the time when preparing college essay or reports. When it comes to general internet access, college students of all stripes are much more likely than the general population to go online. Online learning offers a number of advantages for students. Findings of the present study revealed that Internet use is thoroughly woven into a college student’s life.

Abstract: Women as thought of half of the land and sky have never been half in reality but seen as only in the population list. Since centuries, women position or status has never changed in the society. The only change is their modern look but nothing in real face. Many people have tried to change the status of women but it’s a mere waste. Many have focused this fact including Dr. B.R Ambedkar, but the non-approval of Hindu Code Bill in the Parliament shows the then views of women liberty in Independent India. Vast literature on women, their rights, equality could not enlighten the brains of majority of Indians. Till today, there are many who object the Women Reservation Bill in Parliament. This shows the narrow mindedness of a class of people so called MEN in Indian society. May it be a Devdasi or Jogin, it’s always a women who is victim. Of the women, Dalit women are the most deprived of rights, social status and other basic needs. Mere seminars, lecture or conference would not do any benefit to them but their status should be changed in reality. Many poetesses and writers have tried to express their own grievance and social status of Dalit women through their writings. But more has to be done for the literature part to really enlighten the lives of Dalit women and also women of all classes.

Abstract: Political violence in contemporary times is becoming ubiquitous as the interplay of political and social forces continues. Since the global wave of democratization in the 1990’s, Ghana in the Fourth Republic has attained significant credits in key democratic indicators; political stability, rule of law, elections and peaceful electoral turnovers hence its fame as the beacon of African democracy. Although Ghana has been free from the kind of political violence that other African countries experience, there are some miniature occurrences conjuring undesirable recollections of the state of nature. This calls for deep concern. The role of the media as informative and vibrant social force for shaping public affairs and public policy particularly the proliferation of private media is becoming vulnerable and subjected to the whims of some commerce political personalities. So long as the media has graduated from the culture of silence that occurred in pre-Fourth Republic Ghana to the culture of noisily emancipation in the Fourth Republic where democracy reigns, it is important to find another culture that can restrain these institutional abuses. Existing academic literature on this subject is thin and this article hopes to fill the gap.

Abstract: This paper attempts to identify current challenges of minority policy in Slovak republic. First it describes and examines current state of minorities in Slovak republic and provides an overview of the development of the composition of Slovak population in Slovak republic by nationality. The paper then focuses on minority policy forming since the establishment of Slovak republic, by summarizing most significant milestones in the development regarding the minority rights guarantee and the protection of minorities. Based on the reports regarding the progress in minority policy together with the information about the current state of minorities, the author of the paper identifies and addresses the most urgent limitations of the minority policy of Slovak republic and features that this minority policy is lacking. Provided theoretical analysis of the addressed challenges should serve as both an explanation for reasons of failures of minority policy and as a discussion giving some ideas on how to improve minority policy in Slovakia.

Abstract: Employing quota sampling technique, 240 households were interviewed in six (6) sites along Mayo Bay (Dahican), Pujada Bay (Tamisan, Lawigan), and Balete Bay (Dawan, Mamali, Macambol) that have established and or yet to be delineated Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Poverty incidence among fishing households in all sites was high since their income falls below PhP7,000.00 per month. More males were engaged in enterprises than women and these enterprises are agricultural. Households have low participations in organizations that were engaged in coastal resources management. Respondents participated in decision-making processes relevant to coastal resource management but have only fair influence. Social facilities and services availed include preschool, elementary and high schools but few availed collegiate education; health centers are almost present in all sites; safe sources of water were also availed in the form of communal faucets and public deep wells and few availed productive loans and financial assistance. The distance of the houses of the respondents from ICRMP interventions and enforcement landmarks is not significantly related to household income. Only household income and distance of fishing from MPA are significantly related.

Abstract: Violence Against Women is a major issue in society. Females are facing different type of violence like Domestic Violence, Private and Public violence, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse. The reason for this situation is gender discrimination that assumes men to be superior to women. We can see the gender issues and discrimination between men and women in every field, in family, at work place and society. This is not a present problem rather it has its deep roots inserted since few decades. Government has a lot of regularity authorities to protect women’s rights but it is not enough to bring equality this paper is a short overview and analysis violence against violence.  

Abstract: In the last twenty years, Italian politicians have played with their own and on the electors’ emotions, using them as tools of communication and persuasion. This essay analyses the social acting of some Italian political actors, who must deal with the public management and manifestation of their emotions. I argue that there is a tendency on their part to use emotions strategically in their public performances, with the aim of acquiring, or maintaining, consensus. Through a sociological analysis of the subjects’ publically manifested behaviours, I will focus on both the forms of leadership emerging from the use of “micropolitics emotional tactics” and the forms of construction of consensus put into practice.

Abstract: The internet is considered as a user-friendly communication medium but at the same time unregulated internet use can cause significant difficulties in some individuals affecting their ability to control their online use. The objective of the study was to identify the problematic internet users (PIU) among engineering college students and to explore the associations between problematic internet use and various personality traits.
Method: The present study was constructed using a cross sectional survey in two different engineering colleges in the city of Chennai. Ten private engineering colleges were contacted and only two colleges expressed their willingness to participate in the study.  A total of 455 students in the age-range of 18-25 years of both gender having access to the internet for at least six months participated.  The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ - 12) was used as a screening instrument.  Based on the scores of Internet Addiction Test (IAT), participants were divided into problematic internet users (50 and above) and average users(less than 50).  A total of 87 problematic internet users were identified and data was collected using socio-demographic data sheet, NEO-Five Factor Inventory, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory and Sensation Seeking Scale.  They were compared with equal number of average users.
Results: Problematic internet users are likely to be impulsive, more hostile, experience psychological distress, exhibit less trust and dependability with high levels of sensation seeking behavior.
Conclusion: The study suggests that certain personality traits may be important in the acquisition, development, and maintenance of problematic internet use.

Abstract: This study was conducted to find out the impact of hybrid rice, hybrid corn, ampalaya, and eggplant productions on some economic and crop productivity of 40 micro financing beneficiaries with 10 beneficiaries per crop in the Second District of Davao Oriental. It also determined the respondents’ level of knowledge on the different policies imposed by their cooperatives in availing of micro financing, and adopting crop   production technologies.The data were subjected to descriptive statistics using frequency counts, percentages, means and inferential analysis applying Chi-square. The respondents of hybrid rice, hybrid corn, and eggplant were more knowledgeable in terms of the policies implemented as a process in availing of micro financing than the respondents of ampalaya production. The micro financing program of crop productions increased some economic aspects of the respondents specifically their annual average income increased by 55%, 45% increase of their average income per cropping, and their amount spent for food by 43%. Likewise their crop productivity improved with 29.44% increase in their yield per cropping cycle. Policies imposed in availing micro-financing catalyzed the adoption of the respondents on crop production technologies on hybrid rice, hybrid corn and eggplant while these policies did not influence the adoption of the respondents on ampalya production technologies but of other factors like their perceived attributes of these technologies.

Abstract: The institution of chieftaincy is an organized system of rule in the Ghanaian traditional society with the chief as the symbolic head. It remains the focal point of the cultural identity of the people and plays a crucial role in their familial and economic development. However, this noble institution is without conflict among contenders of chieftaincy titles. Conflict is disruptive and can result in unanticipated consequences on the traditions and customs that serve as a channel to foster unity and development which in turn bring about family and economic disorganization. Besides, conflict may lead to displacement of most productive citizens including women and relocation of investors and businesses to other areas. Women displaced by conflict are not only poor but live in cash economy and have to buy to cater for their needs with limited or no livelihood opportunities and appropriate safety nets to reduce their vulnerability. This unfamiliar environment is frustrating and upsetting, therefore, the question of coping with it and coming up with initiatives is paramount. Thus necessitate the women’s social and economic initiatives to mitigate the exigence of conflict. Therefore, this study examines the coping strategy employed by women after chieftaincy conflict in Ghana. To ensure a comprehensive analysis of data, a qualitative method was used. Specifically, a case study approach was used for it is capable of examining simple or complex phenomenon.
Keywords:  chieftaincy conflict, tension, vulnerability, displacement, intimidation, sexual abuse, coping strategy.

Abstract: Scholarly debates over immigration and “diaspora” have shifted in recent years to pluralistic approaches of critics such as Homi K. Bhabha and John Stuart Hall who argue that the “hybridity” and“in-betweeness” of immigrants’ life might function as a suitable ground for the social and cultural improvement of their life-conditions. Drawing on such ideas, this paper will discuss the positive effects of social changes presented in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short stories such as “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine”, “This Blessed House”, and “The Third and Final Continent”, published in her debut short story collection Interpreter of Maladies, which challenge the common negative outlooks toward them. In spite of depicting the problems immigrants encounter in their diasporic life, Lahiri also depicts flexibility as an apposite ground for productive changes which are mostly observed in the life of those characters that do not stick to old beliefs and traditions and  are active in initiating changes, and venture going through inexperienced experiences to improve their life conditions.

Lahiri uses her cultural background as an Indian - American to create plots and characters that express the juxtaposition in her own life. She uses her stories to represent both societies in order to transcend cultural boundries. Lahiri’s rhetorical aim is not to debate or to convince her readers in which society is superior, but to provide them with a new cultural outlook that will allow them to transform their cultural perspective. Though Lahiri presents a double-sided outlook about the diasporic life in her stories, a meticulous appraisal of her work reveals the fact the she opposes too much insistence on traditional definitions of home and motherland, and instead pays tribute to the fluidity and flexibility of hybrid identity.