Media Body Image

How is the rise of social media impacting on the social life & self-perception/body image of young women?

This essay will explore in depth the influences social media has on our day to day lives and How it has become the norm that social media networks are the primary source for young people to communicate & their main channel to the outside world.
The idea that social media has the impact to inspire young women to chase the illusive dream of becoming somewhat famous, but also the very thing they aspire to could also harm them in the process of doing so. The debate about body image has never been more prevalent. Many think appearances are revealing some objective measurement of who they are, but this couldn’t be father from the truth.

The very same images that are questionable for extortion and seen in some cases as socially unacceptable are the very same images one might find them selves looking at, the appreciation of an esthetic image?
The wealth displayed by other people also becomes a coercive force. Society see’s people’s fancy homes and luxurious cars creating envy. Others want what they have, hence the term “chasing appearances”.
Society is living in a time where the world is open to the freedom of communication. Where anyone can contact others around the world, at any time, with just a few clicks of a button. But not all consequences of this technology are positive. People seem to allow social media as a way of hiding behind screens and limiting social interaction face to face. Therefore creating the false pretenses of the feeling of being social without having to go out and actually socialize.

What does this mean for the foreseeable future? A Superficial

In 1971, the first email was delivered. More than 40years on social media has taken the world by storm. So what is social media? In essence , social media defines an array of internet sites that enable people from all around the world to interact. This can be through discussion , photos , vidios and audio.
Going back to a few decades to before technology was so advanced, so how did people communicate with eachother? How easy was it to get in touch with loved ones or an old friend. Going back in times to the pre internet eara known as the 90’s …. Primarily via phone, or written letters. People more often than not actually communicated via spoken word. Things were much different then. The current generation in comparison to the older generation in terms of social and emotional development are totally different. Those were the times where people were mostly outside, exept when the weather was bad or they were