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Social media effects on teenagers
Social media effecting society body image
Impact of mass media on adolescence
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The trends posted around the topic is that social media affects teenagers negatively as it encourages teenagers to think more about themselves and possibly compare their appearances to another person, often a stranger like a celebrity or role model. There have been many studies towards this topic like a study called ‘Body Image Issues’ which proved that teenagers, specifically teenage girls are negatively affected by social media and they are often the people who constantly compare themselves to other teenagers and celebrities. The hypothesis is that social media affects teenagers thoughts negatively about their body image. This is an interesting topic as every teenager is on a social network and they all seem to compare themselves to somebody, regardless of whether they know that person or not. It is interesting to find more research about this topic as it enables the researcher to learn more about relevant situations that are going on around them as well as read others research about this topic.
On the other hand the article from Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context, “Body Image”, is just the opposite due to the fact it is against the standpoint of social media harming self image. While analyzing articles from
The author, Xiao, further explains how the media can cause corrupted body images, but may also have positive outcomes. Throughout the article, Xiao expresses a state of neutrality, he constantly stresses the both positive and negative stances of media. Moreover, the author provides the audience with structural models that represent the different medias and the influence it has on an individual’s self-esteem and body image. In addition to these structural models, the author concludes
These expectations can cause insecurities in adults, teens, and even children who normally have little to no insecurities. Young children should not have to worry about the way they look or what they are wearing. Therefore, society needs to address the problem of creating negative body images. It can start by recognizing that unreal and unnatural body image can cause eating disorders and mental disorders. “50% of teenage girls and 30% of
Adolescences are surrounded by media platforms that encourages the ‘perfect idealistic’ body. Receiving messages and images from social and psychical platforms that indicates that males and females must obtain a slick, skinny lifestyle. Instead of celebrating cultural diversity, adolescent are being taught to hide their psychical features and conform them for a stereotypical look, children as young as 12 are turning to dangerous actives to obtain this physically unattainable weight goal. Photoshop holds a dangerous platform within the media by being allowed on pages of magazines/billboards, models are off digitally enhanced and manipulated before the being published this can lead to negative effects as children can aspire to change their features
“Whereas, our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exist in the soul already;” (Plato). Spoken by Socrates in reference to the philosophy of life, this quote depicts the meaning of broadening our horizons in order to gain knowledge and escape the shackles that confine us in the form of deceit. This quote is portrayed in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” as the prisoners detained in the cave are deluded by their perception of reality, and the prisoner that escapes loses that distorted world and becomes enlightened. The cave is a representation of the hidden lies in which the prisoners are provided as the premises of their knowledge and are restrained from the truth to remain ignorant. Ultimately, one of the prisoners discovers that the world in actuality is
Social media plays a big role in how society portrays body image. “Alternatively, an increased number of Facebook friends may provide girls with greater opportunity to rapidly make multiple social comparisons, itself shown to be associated with body image concern”(Tiggemann and Slater 82). According to the survey that was taken by Marika Tiggemann and Amy Slater, the more Facebook friends the girls had, the more likely it was that they had body image concerns. They were able to compare themselves to the other girls that they were friends with, which led to them to have an increase in their drive for thinness. “Further, these comparisons are likely to be with somewhat idealised images, in that girls mostly post photographs in which they look good or are doing something ‘cool’ (and can be digitally altered)”(Tiggemann and Slater 82).
In today’s modern culture, almost all forms of popular media play a significant role in bombarding young people, particularly young females, with what happens to be society’s idea of the “ideal body”. This ideal is displayed all throughout different media platforms such as magazine adds, television and social media – the idea of feminine beauty being strictly a flawless thin model. The images the media displays send a distinct message that in order to be beautiful you must look a certain way. This ideal creates and puts pressure on the young female population viewing these images to attempt and be obsessed with obtaining this “ideal body”. In the process of doing so this unrealistic image causes body dissatisfaction, lack of self-confidence
Teenagers have become much more focused on what he or she looks like. This is because, they are searching their identity, and trying to be someone that the media expects them to be. With social media, comes the stereotypical version of what a man or woman should be like. For example, women are expected to dress sexy, and have the perfect barbie doll body. Whereas men, are expected to be muscular and tall.
What social media is doing to teens Social media is a very dangerous place that makes teens feel insecure. Teens spend more than one-third of their day on social media looking at stereotypical images of “perfect” bodies and people. As a result, they become insecure about themselves because they are not like the people in the pictures. The media states that a perfect person is skinny, tan, has shiny hair, straight teeth, and completely clear skin. However, because teens are going through a lot of physical changes they do not usually look like social media 's definition of perfect and they become insecure.
By conducting survey research the team must develop an understanding of the area to be researched. To do this correctly other research methods such as observational research and secondary data research are to be used to support, improve and supplement the chosen survey method rather than replace it. During the survey research stage great diligence must be undertaken to ensure that error is as minimal as possible. Types of errors that can occur include; 1.
In this study I used survey data (based on responses in a questionnaire) as a main research tool in order to record the findings and
Social media is a powerful source in today’s society, 81% of the population in the United States alone has set up a social media profile. Many use the media for useful things, like educational opportunities and business inquiries. Although there are people who may look at it more in a concerning aspect. Many people today view the social media as a stage where they are judged and told what the real way to look and act is, more specifically, body image. Social Media has a negative impact on body image, through creating a perfect view physically which affects someone mentally, targeting both male and female, and turning away from the real goal of social media.
Today everyone is obsessed with social media. People are easily influenced by almost everything they come across on the internet including appearance and body image. In todays generation it is so common to be unhappy with the way you look. All this is due to societies high standards on the way we “should” look. With social media you can do many things, including pretending to be someone you are not.
CHAPTER 4 4.1 INTRODUCTION In this chapter will be discusses in great length about the research methods that had been used in order to obtained both primary and secondary data in this study and explain in detail about approach undertaken as the research methodology to complete this enquiry. In decree to obtain good result and run across the objectives as planned, the right and suitable methodology needs to be used. Methodology is a method to determine the approach applied to direct the study or research.
