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The emergence of social media has created a significant impact on internet-users, most especially the youth. The dominance of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, among others, has taken over the lives of millions of teens as they derive much satisfaction, as well as disappointments from using such sites. Interactions are encouraged between account holders hence personal and cyber relationships are established.
Several issues have arisen from the consumption of social media platforms, most of it related to the impact it has on the self-image of teens. Viewing other people’s posts are likely to push one to compare their lives with one’s own, and this can either boost or lower one’s self-esteem.
Some people derive their self-assurance through the number of “likes” they get on their photos or the statuses they post. The more likes they get, the better they feel about themselves. If they get just a few stamps of approval, or worse, if their post gets ignored with no one liking it, it can be a devastating thing for them.
Social media can either boost or diminish one’s body image. Body image is explained as a “mental image of the body as it appears to others. It is often assumed in consumer culture that people attend to their body image in an instrumental manner, as status and social acceptability depend on how a person looks” (Featherstone, 2010, p. 193).
Body image issues include questioning oneself:
“How deep should one dig through the filters of Facebook and once done, how deep should one scrub off the layers of make-up until one reaches the true self?”
“Bare-naked, will I truly comfortable showing that bare self to the world?”
“Will people still like me looking plain and simple even a bit pale without a hint of make-up?”
Teens with poor body image will think that others perceive them as ugly and undesirable even if that is far from the truth. They feel they can never measure up to the standards of beauty set by society.
Some teens will do everything to gain the physical appearance they want to achieve, usually being very slim. They even get to the extent of starving themselves, resulting in the development of some disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia.
If the negative effects of social media are already destroying the self-image and self-esteem of the user, then she should be helped in controlling its use rather than allowing it to control her. Social media addiction can ruin one’s self-image resulting in sadness or even depression.
It should be remembered that social media should be enjoyed as it was meant to be – to share parts of one’s life with the people who matter, and not to be a source of one’s mental health or self-worth.
Reference
Feathersone, M. (2010) Body, Image and Affect in Consumer Culture, Body &
Society, 16 (1); 193-221
