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Imperfect fitness selfies & manipulations of mediated constructions of…
Imperfect fitness selfies & manipulations of mediated constructions of the self
Self-presentation depends on (boyd 2014)
Influences
Social context
The social network and network effects
Norm of the platform
Beauty ideals conveyed by media
Technological aspects
(Kong 2015)
Outside of Instagram
Photoshop
Text
On Instagram
Filters
Other photo editing tools (i.e. contrast/sharpness)
Caption
Body posing & staging
Instagram: Limited range of body types (Tiggemann and Zaccardo 2016)
thin
toned
strong
white
tall
Girls realise this standard is impossible, but still want to achieve it (Jackson 2016)
Shift from skinny to healthy (Dobson 2015)
Strong
Confident
Values of individualism
Values of self-respondibility
Important to work on your body
Discipline to reach goals
Reaching the ideal body requires hard work
