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Instagram fitness scene (Platform of Instagram (Kong (2015): Users try to…
Instagram fitness scene
Platform of Instagram
Tiggerman & Zaccardo (2016): Fitspiration
Types of posts
Inspirational teksts
Progress photos
Gym selfies
Food
Limited range of body types
Thin and toned
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Set an impossible standard
Suggest that fitness is linked to thinness/muscularity
boyd (2014): self-presentation depends on the social media platform
Kong (2015): Users try to improve their posts
How?
Photo-editing tools outside of Instagram
Captions
Filters
Why?
To obtain more likes
To be more populair on the platform
Users have a different identity on Instagram than they do on other platforms
Self-representation
Identity construction
boyd (2014): impression management
Not constructed in a void and are dependent of broader collectives
Self-representation depends on social context
Self-representation depends on social media platform
Dobson (2015): social media profiles can be viewed in terms of identity performance
Identity
Palfrey & Gasser (2016): Web affords fluid identity
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Performance
Goffman (1959)
Frontstage
Backstage
Gender & Body image
Dobson (2015): Representation of gender online
Young women are representing themselves as
strong
and
confident
Jackson (2015): how girls relate to embodied femininities in the media
Young women know images in media are unrealistic
But still feel bad about their own imperfections
Beauty ideals in the media influence girls' self-image and representation
Body has moved from being purely psychical to also convey values of
Individualism
Self-responsibility
Agency
Important to work on your body and be disciplined
Reaching the ideal body requires hard work
Healthy is the new skinny
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Gauntlett (2006): relationship between media and gender identities
Age
Young people
boyd (2014)
Palfrey & Gasser (2016)
Young people play with their identity