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Running head: SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON BODY IMAGESOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON BODY IMAGEName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON BODY IMAGETable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Self-esteem and social anxiety.........................................................................................................2Body image and its aspects..............................................................................................................3Control of social media and effects on characters...........................................................................4Social comparison and objectification theory..................................................................................5Sociological pressure to be presentable...........................................................................................6Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6References........................................................................................................................................7
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2SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON BODY IMAGEIntroductionSocial media is creating a big impact on the people as the people’s mindset is gettinginfluenced by the effects of social media and its culture. In this contemporary time, omnisciencepower is presented in social media and people love to get involved with those platforms. Socialmedia comes from internet and sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram all these are showcasingplatforms for general people as well as for the celebrities (Perloff, 2014). In case of creatingbody image an ideal body tone is worthy for female celebrities, so they use some efficientphotographers and some special tools to modify their body tone. The process of self-evaluationhas been judged by people after seeing those pictures and this is the reason media portrayal is theissue of social status. Women want to be perfect and that is the reason they have taken help fromapplications and some other extra editors to put an extra layer of attractiveness over them. Thepaper analyzes the impact of female perception of body image in social sites. Self-esteem and social anxietyMass media is related to the social platforms and images or pictures shared by the peoplein those platforms are quite attractive for the other people. This attractiveness or the urge ofbeing presentable is the major concern for many people, especially the models, actors or anykind of media related persons. Though the aspect is applicable to all the people, they also love totake some good picture and shaping their body along with that. In case of eating practice, aseparate chart has to be maintained or maintain a proper diet for those situations is important(Fardouly et al., 2015). Body curve cannot be understood in a simple way, but the actual urge ofbody structure maintenance has gone, as there are numerous editing applications available for the
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3SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON BODY IMAGEpeople. Self-esteem is the inner feeling that has set a value and capability of maintenance but inmost of the cases, food intake isolation is not possible for people to shape them in desired way. Clothing design is another aspect that is excessively highlighted in news journals likeBBC, where disorder and attraction kind of appeal is appealing so much. Cosmetic surgery isanother aspect that these models are rapidly turning towards over their face. These kinds ofsurgeries are opted by female only; as they have concern about the uneasy situations faced in asocial context. The desire of being thin has come in the limelight as the girls in Argentina, Fiji orChina has no sex-typed ultra-thin image that western girls had. That is the reason most of thegirls are heading towards anorexia. However, the style of individualism has been lost in that caseand multi-dimensional culture of the female image in those countries persist. The attention mustbe diversified in some cases where females are encompassed by the technological attire of socialmedia. Social media are interpersonally wealthy modalities that present realistic application,videos, and transformative multimedia cues that provide a mood of existence, present thepossibility to transport individuals to expressive connecting domains that can persuadepostponement of conviction and approach transform. The surgery rate has increased by 20% aspeople are not satisfied with their actual look and structure (Meier & Gray, 2014). Rather bodyconfidence will come as the presented form of their impression on students. In case of socialmedia communication a virtual layer of difference always exists, thus voice, presentation,thebeauty of face and figure are the key elements that needed to be perfect for the social media.Body image and its aspectsBody image is a crucial form that virtualizes any individual body and creates a judgmentover the level of attractiveness. The image of men and women is dependent on the effects of
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