Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood

In this study, we investigated the influence of facebook on women 's feelings and images of the body through experiments. Whether these impacts are different from online fashion magazines, and whether the appearance of the trend is appropriate for these effects. Female participants (n = 112) browse their own Facebook account, magazine's website, or an apparent neutral control web site for 10 minutes to determine differences in emotion, physical dissatisfaction and appearance (weight related, facial ), Hair, skin related). Participants also completed feature measurements of the appearance of comparative trends. Participants who spend time on Facebook have reported that their mood is more negative than those who spend time managing the site. In addition, the appearance of a woman tends to report the reverse side of Facebook exposure, the difference related to hair and skin is more than the contact management site. Given its popularity, further research is needed to better understand the influence of Facebook on the appearance problem.

There are many documents on the influence of mass media on the body image of a young woman in the United States, but there are relatively few theoretically studied studies on the process and influence of social media on young women's body image and self recognition. However, given the large number of young women, especially female networks, relying on social media, it is important to understand how social media affects the recognition of body and body image interference is. Using communication and social psychology theory, this article details a series of ideas and frameworks to guide studies of the impact of social media on young women's physical images. Models have been proposed to emphasize the individual's vulnerability to vulnerability, the use of social media, and the effects of psychological process mediation on physical discontent and eating disorders.

Whether spending more time on social media platforms or using more appearance-related content (such as images) on social media and between more young men and women with more body image problems and eating disorders Research has shown that it is related to. Holland & Tiggemann, 2016, review). However, the brief exposure in the experimental environment (10 to 20 minutes) did not appear to have a negative effect on the female body image (Fardouly, Diedrichs, Vartanian, & Halliwell, 2015; Mabe, Forney, & Keel, 2014). Conversely, general viewing of social media seems to affect only the physical image of young women who are likely to compare their appearances with others (Fardouly et al., 2015), some people It may be more vulnerable to social impacts. Media is superior to others. In addition to attractive images, social media (especially Instagram) tend to expose appropriate images designed to motivate people to do healthy and healthy exercise.