Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Self image/Social media
Self-Image/ social media
As the saying goes “never judge a book by its cover”, however the sad truth is that we are living in a generation were self-image plays a major importance role to the wide variety of males and females of today. Has Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and so forth) been branded the route cause towards extreme pressures for you to look “perfect”? March 2018 statistics have reported the UK most popular social networks being used, Facebook 90%, Twitter 60%, Instagram 51% and Snapchat 50% (Chaffey, 2019.) one of Social media key features is known for its great ways of communication with friends and family members (advantages) however social media comes with its disadvantages were prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping occur particularly aiming towards self-images. Discrimination is the practice of treating a person or a group less fairly or less well than other people or groups (Collins, 2020.) this doesn’t just take place on social media it is happening everywhere in day to day life. Prejudice what is it? negative attitudes towards a certain member within a specific group. Prejudice have 3 components, affective (emotions), extremity (attitudes) and cognitive behavioural (thoughts, knowledge and behaviours).
One of the most favourable uses for social media apps, which we are all possibly guilty of doing so is uploading our pictures “selfies”. Whilst its all fun and laughter in the moment of trying to capture that perfect snapshot, whilst adding filters people begin to question their self-identity whether they are captivating and what people’s opinions will be on the specific pictures that they upload for all to see. My personal opinion concerning the social media topic and its uses is down to the self-discrepancy theory and self-regulation, we have three types of knowledge that we know about ourselves, actual self ( who we are for now), ideal self ( how we would like to be or who we`d like to be like) and ought self ( how we think we should be or how we want society to perceive us). Straight away you are being stereotyped, people will like your pictures, comment on your pictures, people are looking at your age, sex, race, social class and so forth but are the people who have acted on your pictures really genuine or just conforming along side everyone else which in affect groups are being formed in psychology terms known as the “in group” and “out group”. Based on social media the in groups will show positive feelings, perceive the in group to be far more intellect than the out groups, organise little get togethers. Out group, homogeneity, perceiving the out group to be lower than the in group and negative recollections to anything positive. Basically, how this all connects with social media people who seem to fall into the “in groups “are those who are perceived as good looking, nice clothes, lots of friends, popular, interest in similar music tastes etc. unfortunately “out groups” is the opposite, not as good looking, insufficient funds to be able to purchase nice clothes, not many friends which could be due to personal preference and completely different interest in music to majority or what people believe to be the norm, sad but truth.
Instagram being a big platform in the social media field for its engaging access into the lives of our famous celebrities, the only characteristics Instagram is immense for is the pictures and videos. As were all aware of majority of the time celebrities are always perceived as glam, people will find them comparing themselves to their ideal role model, whether the celebrity is promoting fashion, make up, designer garments and so forth. The great phenomenon which seems to be becoming more of a big subject is the increase to cosmetic surgery according to (Chatzidakis, 2017.) a report has revealed that social media pressure has been linked to the cosmetic procedure boom. There has been a huge desire within the younger generation to turn to procedure like Botox and fillers. While the UK market for cosmetic procedures was estimated to be worth as much as £3.6bn in 2015, its thought that this number has since grown even bigger. Clearly, this highlights the fact that we live in a world where we are subjected to huge amounts of pressure to look a certain way on a daily basis. When will this madness stop? (Chatzidakis, 2017.)
Why do you feel we need to compare yourself to everyone else? We are all unique individuals we all have unique individual qualities. Why do we seem to live in a world where we care what people’s opinions are? why would someone’s opinion cause and effect towards yourself? if your happy that’s all that matters.
Whilst social medias feedback (comments) is good for one’s self esteem on the other hand I believe that it can personally cause a huge impression to a person’s mindset, always trying to fit in with society to be the norm and can cause significant amount of doubt about one’s self-image. All these social media aren’t just causing an affect on a person to doubt the self, it is causing a huge impression on mental health leading a person to feel levels of loneliness jealousy, anxiety, depression, narcissism and a decrease in social skills. (Dolan, 2018.) findings suggest that users with low self esteem may use Facebook as an effective platform to enhance their sense of SWB by highlighting their most desirable characteristic and that they are reluctant to express themselves and socially feel less attractive than those with high self-esteem. I feel strongly about how social media plays a huge role on self-image and a person’s mindset, going off experience I have removed myself from Facebook for over 7 weeks now and my mental health has some what had a major impact and I have completely surprised myself I have, I thought I would of returned back to Facebook but all I feel that social networks give off is a lot of negativity compared to positivity.
Please interact and tell me your view towards prejudice through the influences towards social media.
References
https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/health-fitness/cosmetic-procedure-social-media-study/
Accessed on 10th January 2020.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/discrimination
Accessed on 8th January 2020.
Accessed on 8th January 2020.
Accessed on 10th January 2020.
Self image/Social media
As the saying goes “never judge a book by its cover”, however the sad truth is that we are living in a generation were self-image plays a major importance role to the wide variety of males and females of today. Has Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and so forth) been branded the route cause towards extreme pressures for you to look “perfect”? March 2018 statistics have reported the UK most popular social networks being used, Facebook 90%, Twitter 60%, Instagram 51% and Snapchat 50% (Chaffey, 2019.) one of Social media key features is known for its great ways of communication with friends and family members (advantages) however social media comes with its disadvantages were prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping occur particularly aiming towards self-images. Discrimination is the practice of treating a person or a group less fairly or less well than other people or groups (Collins, 2020.) this doesn’t just take place on social media it is happening everywhere in day to day life. Prejudice what is it? negative attitudes towards a certain member within a specific group. Prejudice have 3 components, affective (emotions), extremity (attitudes) and cognitive behavioural (thoughts, knowledge and behaviours).
One of the most favourable uses for social media apps, which we are all possibly guilty of doing so is uploading our pictures “selfies”. Whilst its all fun and laughter in the moment of trying to capture that perfect snapshot, whilst adding filters people begin to question their self-identity whether they are captivating and what people’s opinions will be on the specific pictures that they upload for all to see. My personal opinion concerning the social media topic and its uses is down to the self-discrepancy theory and self-regulation, we have three types of knowledge that we know about ourselves, actual self ( who we are for now), ideal self ( how we would like to be or who we`d like to be like) and ought self ( how we think we should be or how we want society to perceive us). Straight away you are being stereotyped, people will like your pictures, comment on your pictures, people are looking at your age, sex, race, social class and so forth but are the people who have acted on your pictures really genuine or just conforming along side everyone else which in affect groups are being formed in psychology terms known as the “in group” and “out group”. Based on social media the in groups will show positive feelings, perceive the in group to be far more intellect than the out groups, organise little get togethers. Out group, homogeneity, perceiving the out group to be lower than the in group and negative recollections to anything positive. Basically, how this all connects with social media people who seem to fall into the “in groups “are those who are perceived as good looking, nice clothes, lots of friends, popular, interest in similar music tastes etc. unfortunately “out groups” is the opposite, not as good looking, insufficient funds to be able to purchase nice clothes, not many friends which could be due to personal preference and completely different interest in music to majority or what people believe to be the norm, sad but truth.
Instagram being a big platform in the social media field for its engaging access into the lives of our famous celebrities, the only characteristics Instagram is immense for is the pictures and videos. As were all aware of majority of the time celebrities are always perceived as glam, people will find them comparing themselves to their ideal role model, whether the celebrity is promoting fashion, make up, designer garments and so forth. The great phenomenon which seems to be becoming more of a big subject is the increase to cosmetic surgery according to (Chatzidakis, 2017.) a report has revealed that social media pressure has been linked to the cosmetic procedure boom. There has been a huge desire within the younger generation to turn to procedure like Botox and fillers. While the UK market for cosmetic procedures was estimated to be worth as much as £3.6bn in 2015, its thought that this number has since grown even bigger. Clearly, this highlights the fact that we live in a world where we are subjected to huge amounts of pressure to look a certain way on a daily basis. When will this madness stop? (Chatzidakis, 2017.)
Why do you feel we need to compare yourself to everyone else? We are all unique individuals we all have unique individual qualities. Why do we seem to live in a world where we care what people’s opinions are? why would someone’s opinion cause and effect towards yourself? if your happy that’s all that matters.
Whilst social medias feedback (comments) is good for one’s self esteem on the other hand I believe that it can personally cause a huge impression to a person’s mindset, always trying to fit in with society to be the norm and can cause significant amount of doubt about one’s self-image. All these social media aren’t just causing an affect on a person to doubt the self, it is causing a huge impression on mental health leading a person to feel levels of loneliness jealousy, anxiety, depression, narcissism and a decrease in social skills. (Dolan, 2018.) findings suggest that users with low self esteem may use Facebook as an effective platform to enhance their sense of SWB by highlighting their most desirable characteristic and that they are reluctant to express themselves and socially feel less attractive than those with high self-esteem. I feel strongly about how social media plays a huge role on self-image and a person’s mindset, going off experience I have removed myself from Facebook for over 7 weeks now and my mental health has some what had a major impact and I have completely surprised myself I have, I thought I would of returned back to Facebook but all I feel that social networks give off is a lot of negativity compared to positivity.
Please interact and tell me your view towards prejudice through the influences towards social media.
References
https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/health-fitness/cosmetic-procedure-social-media-study/
Accessed on 10th January 2020.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/discrimination
Accessed on 8th January 2020.
Accessed on 8th January 2020.
Accessed on 10th January 2020.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
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- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
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The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
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