We decided to study how social media has affected the way teenagers view themselves. A survey was sent out to four media studies classes from years 10 to 13. Once we received the completed surveys, we graphed our results.
The majority of all four classes said yes, social media has changed the way we view ourselves; and not necessarily for the best.
Some people who took the survey told us that they know that all the models they see on Instagram photoshop their pictures, yet they still impact on our lives hugely (some people worse than others). There are all these unrealistic beauty standards online that we think we have to step up to.
Some quotes we received:
"Social media can give the perception that people's lives are greater than they really are, some people will therefore compare this false image to their own lives." - year 13.
"I think it has made me think more about my capabilities in life but i wouldn't say it has negatively affected my perception of myself although this is quite unusual as for many it is harmful to their self-confidence." - year 10
"It has enforced how girls and boys should look with the stereo typical beauty standards." - year 10
"I don't base my value and self worth off of social media. Why? because i am more than what i present online." - year 13
"I don't use it as much and put up photos of myself and try to get lots of addictive likes." - year 13
We researched our same question online to compare our answers. We found this website, written by Kelsey, who mentioned how her friend had deleted her Instagram account. Kelsey asked her friend why she did it and her friend's response caught her off guard. She said she deleted her account because she could feel herself becoming depressed by it. She says taking the right picture, with the right filter, wearing the right clothes, at the right place and with the right people, was way too much pressure for her to handle.
We may upload a picture to our accounts but it won't feel right. Why? Because it's not who we are. We are taught to only project our best and not let people see who your really are on social media so we spend a lot of time creating our own digital identity, that's different from our real one.
Multiphrenia; The condition, largely attributed to technologies that increase social contact, of being simultaneously drawn in multiple and conflicting directions. In other words, a fragmented version of the self that is pulled in so many directions the individual would be lost.
We can now say that yes; social media has definitely changed the way we view ourselves. Ever since social media, we think that we are not pretty enough, not skinny enough, or not good enough. I think everyone needs to know the quote written by a year 13 here at NCG " I don't base my value and self worth off of social media. Why? because i am more than what i present online."
By Lea and Kiela 😇
Some people who took the survey told us that they know that all the models they see on Instagram photoshop their pictures, yet they still impact on our lives hugely (some people worse than others). There are all these unrealistic beauty standards online that we think we have to step up to.
Some quotes we received:
"Social media can give the perception that people's lives are greater than they really are, some people will therefore compare this false image to their own lives." - year 13.
"I think it has made me think more about my capabilities in life but i wouldn't say it has negatively affected my perception of myself although this is quite unusual as for many it is harmful to their self-confidence." - year 10
"It has enforced how girls and boys should look with the stereo typical beauty standards." - year 10
"I don't base my value and self worth off of social media. Why? because i am more than what i present online." - year 13
"I don't use it as much and put up photos of myself and try to get lots of addictive likes." - year 13
We researched our same question online to compare our answers. We found this website, written by Kelsey, who mentioned how her friend had deleted her Instagram account. Kelsey asked her friend why she did it and her friend's response caught her off guard. She said she deleted her account because she could feel herself becoming depressed by it. She says taking the right picture, with the right filter, wearing the right clothes, at the right place and with the right people, was way too much pressure for her to handle.
We may upload a picture to our accounts but it won't feel right. Why? Because it's not who we are. We are taught to only project our best and not let people see who your really are on social media so we spend a lot of time creating our own digital identity, that's different from our real one.
Multiphrenia; The condition, largely attributed to technologies that increase social contact, of being simultaneously drawn in multiple and conflicting directions. In other words, a fragmented version of the self that is pulled in so many directions the individual would be lost.
We can now say that yes; social media has definitely changed the way we view ourselves. Ever since social media, we think that we are not pretty enough, not skinny enough, or not good enough. I think everyone needs to know the quote written by a year 13 here at NCG " I don't base my value and self worth off of social media. Why? because i am more than what i present online."
By Lea and Kiela 😇
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