Selfie-Esteem: The Relationship Between Body Dissatisfaction and Social Media in Adolescent and Young Women
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social media / self-concept / self-esteem / body image / Facebook
Selfie-Esteem: The Relationship Between Body Dissatisfaction and Social Media in Adolescent and Young Women
Social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook have become ingrained in the lives of countless individuals. With adolescents and young adults, particularly young women, being the primary users of such platforms, it is an important question whether social media use has an impact on self-concept, self-esteem, body image, and body dissatisfaction. Researchers have...
/ moreWho gives a Tweet? Fandom, social identity, and why people take to Twitter
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social influence / social identity / fandom / basking in the reflective glory (BIRG) / self-esteem / followership
Who gives a Tweet? Fandom, social identity, and why people take to Twitter
When we think of the world in terms of categories and different groups of people, we think of the various groups to which we belong and our identities within such groups. The groups to which we belong impact how we perceive ourselves, how others perceive us, and the extent to which we express our social identities in order to bolster our self-esteem. This blog will examine how and why people are motivated to express their social identities using social media and, more specifically, will propose that Twitter serves an important identity function for group members. / more
The reason that you need to feel good about yourself in order to be happy might not be what you think it is
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culture / relational mobility / happiness / self-esteem
The reason that you need to feel good about yourself in order to be happy might not be what you think it is
Do you feel the need to feel good about yourself in order to be happy? Research suggests that if you have a lot of opportunities to make new friends, it is more likely that you will answer this question with a ‘yes’ than when you have more of a set group of people you spend time with. In this blog, I will describe the recent research on the influence of relational mobility and how it relates to the way in which we develop our self-esteem and happiness. / more
The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
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advertising / body image / self-esteem / social comparison / cognitive dissonance
The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty has been called a lot of things, from a “game changer” and “a breath of fresh air”, to “hypocritical”, “sexist”, and “sneaky”. So why has the campaign, whose major innovation was to use ads that featured real women rather than airbrushed models or celebrity spokespersons, sparked so much controversy? Taking a social psychological perspective, this article attempts to address the good, the bad, and possibly even the ugly side of Dove’s Campaign for... / more