As discussed in previous posts, social media sites are having a huge effect on peoples’ body image. Approximately 91% of women aren’t happy with their bodies, while only 5% of women naturally have the body type promoted across the media. These kinds of figures are extremely worrying. But they are also the symptoms of a society hooked on social media….
self-esteem
Why is Instagram so bad for our Self-Esteem?
Okay, so over the last few blog posts Instasham have been discussing how to fight against the way Instagram affects our self-esteem. But what makes it more damaging than any other social network?…
What is Instasham?
Social networks are now a part of us. Our thumbs scroll on their own. Without our phones and our Facebook or Twitter accounts, we’d be truly lost. These profiles allow us to express ourselves to an audience that’s bigger than ever before. We can also see photos of what our friends have been up to at the weekend, and follow celebrities on Instagram. We have access to the lives of millions of people and we are supposedly more connected than ever. But with this connection comes comparison. And isolation. And the feeling of not being as “cool,” or pretty, or popular as your online friends.
This blog is looking at this idea much more closely and will be focusing on one social network in particular. …