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The study concluded by saying that due to young people's excessive use of social media, they have high levels of anxiety, stress, fear of missing out, and hyperactivity. The more time they spend on social media, the higher the levels. Furthermore, due to time on social media, teenagers tend to feel more lonely and sad.
The effects of advertising on body image have been studied by researchers, ranging from psychologists to marketing professionals. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] While many factors, such as "parenting, education, [and] intimate relationships" also affect body image, "the media and body image are closely related."
However, a new campaign is urging everyone of all ages to love their body just as it is. A non-profit organization, Jubilee The body image trap: How the media makes us doubt our beauty
However, it is seen that Facebook did not influence body image itself. [25] More interacting on Facebook, in regards to posting, commenting and viewing, causes women, specifically high school females to have greater weight dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, thin-ideal internalization and self objectification. [26]
The correlation between media image and body image has been proven; in one study, among European-American and African-American girls ages 7–12, greater overall television exposure predicted both a thinner ideal adult body shape and a higher level of disordered eating one year later.
The body ideal depicted in those films, the study found, was Eurocentric and thin, which was, in a 2015 study, deemed influential to body dissatisfaction in young girls.
Livvy Dunne wants young girls to know that it’s “normal” to struggle with their body image — especially in elite gymnastics. “You have to have tough skin to do gymnastics or any artistic ...
Body positivity is "the mindset that everyone is worthy of love and a positive body image, regardless of how the media and society tries to define beauty or the ideal body type." [81] When individuals have a positive body image, they reduce the development of anxiety and depression. [82]