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Jun 27, 2022 · Given the increasing prevalence of image-sharing online, young people may need support to improve their self-esteem and become more informed consumers of digital images (e.g. being able to identify enhanced or photo-shopped images as unrealistic and unattainable).
Jan 24, 2020 · Kiona Osowski's Grade 12 research project started with a question, based on her own experiences as a 17-year-old teenager: why are girls so often asked for nude photos?
In our survey, 40% of young people (26% of boys and 54% of girls) said that images on social media have caused them to worry about their body image. One possible explanation for this is that social media allows for negative comparisons with others based on appearance.
By many measures, adolescence now continues until around the age of 24 to 25. A slower path to adulthood is not the only way that cultural perceptions of youth may need updating. In recent years...
Apr 2, 2021 · Today, though, more and more young people—and especially teenage girls—are using filters that “beautify” their appearance and promise to deliver model-esque looks by sharpening, shrinking,...
- Tate Ryan-Mosley
Social media use has grown rapidly in recent years, with one of the most popular activities for young people being the taking, sharing, and browsing of digital self-photos, known as selfies. However, research has only recently begun to investigate ...
Oct 29, 2022 · Adolescent girls (aged 14–17 years) commonly use a phone or tablet to engage with others and are frequent users of social media (Rideout & Robb, 2019), and therefore can provide insight into the pervasiveness and impacts of encountering sexualized images during social media interactions.
