{"id":1856,"date":"2020-05-28T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T19:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2020-05-28T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T20:43:30","slug":"selfie-esteem-instagrams-influence-on-body-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/05\/28\/selfie-esteem-instagrams-influence-on-body-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Selfie-Esteem: Instagram\u2019s Influence on Body Image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Social Life | Award Winning Short Film | Social Media Depression\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXdVPLj_pIk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram is a popular social network site among teenagers. A challenge associated with this social media platform involves the possibility to manipulate Instagram photos by using retouching techniques and the potentially negative influence that these \u201cperfect pictures\u201d may have on body image of young Instagram users. Both critics and fans often blame celebrities and models for using photo editing and retouching techniques. In reality things are very far from what they appear to be. Normalizing an unrealistic body ideal is a problem because teenage girls and young women look up to these individuals. Adolescent girls are often found to be susceptible for being affected by media images because of the psychosocial development that is typical of their age. Research suggests that girls are more likely to compare themselves with manipulated photos of peers than with photos of celebrities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I looked into a study investigating the effect of manipulated Instagram photos of peers on adolescent girls\u2019 body image and whether social comparison tendency is the reason for this association. 144 girls (14-18 years of age) were randomly exposed to either original or manipulated (retouched) Instagram selfies. Results indicated that exposure to manipulated Instagram photos directly led to lower perceptions of body image. Girls with higher social comparison tendencies were negatively affected by exposure to these photos. It was surprising that the manipulated photos were given more positive ratings than the original photos. Although the use of filters and effects was detected, reshaping of the bodies was not noticed very well. Girls in both conditions reported that the pictures appeared realistic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-28-at-9.59.53-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" width=\"572\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-28-at-9.59.53-AM.png 976w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-28-at-9.59.53-AM-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-28-at-9.59.53-AM-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are some of the items on the survey that were rated by participants using a 5-point scale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I often compare myself with others with respect to what I have accomplished in life.<\/li><li>If I want to learn more about something, I try to find out what others think about it.<\/li><li>I always pay a lot of attention to how I do things compared with how others do things.<\/li><li>I often compare how my loved ones (boy or girlfriend, family members, etc.) are doing with how others are doing.<\/li><li>I always like to know what others in a similar situation would do.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refererence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kleemans, M., Daalmans, S., Carbaat, I., &amp; Anschutz, D. (2018). Picture perfect: The direct effect of manipulated instagram photos on body image in adolescent girls. Media Psychology, 21(1), 93-110. doi&nbsp;:10.1080\/15213269.2016.1257392<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram is a popular social network site among teenagers. A challenge associated with this social media platform involves the possibility to manipulate Instagram photos by&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/05\/28\/selfie-esteem-instagrams-influence-on-body-image\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Selfie-Esteem: Instagram\u2019s Influence on Body Image<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":71953,"featured_media":1860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledgemill","category-mobileculture","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71953"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}