Does Better Media Literacy Protect Against the Desire for Tanned Skin and Propensity for Making Appearance Comparisons?

Mingoia, John; Hutchinson, Amanda; Gleaves, David H.; Wilson, Carlene

doi:10.1177/2056305120905366

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“…Increasing SM literacy can also decrease the internalization of the tanned ideology. SM literacy is the ability of a user to evaluate and critically analyze posts, which aims to promote greater skepticism of appearance-related media [ 41 , 42 ]. The self-persuasion theory is another method that can predict healthy behaviors and enhance skin protection intentions: individuals who share skin protection information predictably use those same practices [ 43 - 45 ].…”

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The New Media Landscape and Its Effects on Skin Cancer Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Prevention: Scoping Review

Haff,

Jacobson,

Taylor

et al. 2024

JMIR Dermatol

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Background The wide availability of web-based sources, including social media (SM), has supported rapid, widespread dissemination of health information. This dissemination can be an asset during public health emergencies; however, it can also present challenges when the information is inaccurate or ill-informed. Of interest, many SM sources discuss cancer, specifically cutaneous melanoma and keratinocyte cancers (basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma). Objective Through a comprehensive and scoping review of the literature, this study aims to gain an actionable perspective of the state of SM information regarding skin cancer diagnostics, prognostics, and prevention. Methods We performed a scoping literature review to establish the relationship between SM and skin cancer. A literature search was conducted across MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Scopus from January 2000 to June 2023. The included studies discussed SM and its relationship to and effect on skin cancer. Results Through the search, 1009 abstracts were initially identified, 188 received full-text review, and 112 met inclusion criteria. The included studies were divided into 7 groupings based on a publication’s primary objective: misinformation (n=40, 36%), prevention campaign (n=19, 17%), engagement (n=16, 14%), research (n=12, 11%), education (n=11, 10%), demographics (n=10, 9%), and patient support (n=4, 3%), which were the most common identified themes. Conclusions Through this review, we gained a better understanding of the SM environment addressing skin cancer information, and we gained insight into the best practices by which SM could be used to positively influence the health care information ecosystem.

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confidence: 99%

The New Media Landscape and Its Effects on Skin Cancer Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Prevention: Scoping Review

Haff,

Jacobson,

Taylor

et al. 2024

JMIR Dermatol

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“…There is also supporting evidence for social media literacy as a modifiable intervention target to improve body image (Paxton et al, 2022). Additionally, the buffering role of media literacy is also supported by experimental research (McLean et al, 2016a;Mingoia et al, 2020;Tamplin et al, 2018). For example, participants who have higher baseline media literacy report lower tanned ideal internalization than those with lower baseline media literacy (Mingoia et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Additionally, the buffering role of media literacy is also supported by experimental research (McLean et al, 2016a;Mingoia et al, 2020;Tamplin et al, 2018). For example, participants who have higher baseline media literacy report lower tanned ideal internalization than those with lower baseline media literacy (Mingoia et al, 2020). Specific to selfie-viewing, the more female viewers believed that the selfies of other women were digitally modified or altered, the less likely they were to internalize the thin ideal (Vendemia & DeAndrea, 2018).…”

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Relationships among selfie-viewing on social media, thin-ideal internalization, and restrained eating in adolescents: The buffering role of media literacy

Wang,

Gu,

Geng

et al. 2024

Cyberpsychology

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The aim of the present study was to test the relationship between selfie-viewing on social media and restrained eating as well as the mediating effect of thin-ideal internalization in this relationship. We also examined whether the links from selfie-viewing to thin-ideal internalization and restrained eating would be moderated by media literacy. Moreover, whether gender would moderate the mediation model was also examined. Results on a survey of 1,481 Chinese adolescents aged 12–⁠19 years showed that selfie-viewing had a positive relationship with restrained eating and that thin-ideal internalization mediated this relationship. Furthermore, the association between selfie-viewing and thin-ideal internalization was moderated by media literacy. Specifically, the relationship was weaker for adolescents with higher media literacy. In other words, media literacy alleviated the negative effect of selfie-viewing on body image. Moreover, there were no gender differences in the mediation model. These findings add to the literature on the relationship between social media use and restrained eating. Educational programs aiming to improve media literacy may be beneficial for reducing the risk of restrained eating among adolescents.

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“…The results of the study are consistent with those of Levin-Zamir and Bertschi (2018), who concluded that electronic health literacy positively affects health well-being. Furthermore, media literacy protects against health risks (Mingoia et al, 2020). According to the WHO (2020a), people's ability to identify misinformation and recognize low-quality information help generate healthy behavior and combat the infodemic.…”

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“…Tully et al (2020) propose that news literacy messages through Twitter can modify misinformation perceptions and mitigate the impact of exposure to misinformation regarding health problems through social media. Media literacy skills help people protect themselves against the misinformation arising from social networking site exposure (Mingoia et al, 2020), and they play a substantial role in how the information shared online is perceived (Vraga & Tully, 2019). Hence, social media users with high news literacy are more distrustful of the quality of information being shared.…”

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confidence: 99%

News/Entertainment Social Media Engagement and Social Media Health Literacy: Effects on Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 Lockdown

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2022

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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This study examined the effects of news engagement (NE) vs. entertainment engagement (EE), and of social media health literacy (SMHL) on mental health and coping during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Further, it investigated the moderating effect of SMHL between NE, EE, mental health, and coping relations. The study is drawing on mood management theory and stress- coping theory and is based on a cross-sectional online survey of 478 participants aged 18 years and older. Moderated multiple regression and path analyses were used; the results indicated that both NE and EE predicted a significant increase in anxiety and depression and increased the participants’ online and offline coping. While SMHL predicted a substantial decrease in anxiety and depression, with an increase in online and offline coping. SMHL significantly moderated (weakened) the relations between NE and both anxiety and depression. Online coping significantly mediated the relations between both NE and EE and offline coping. This study proposes that EE has less effect on anxiety and depression than NE does. Findings support that online coping is an important factor in understanding the relationship between genre-specific social media engagement and offline coping in health crises. SMHL is a crucial moderator for managing the effects of NE on mental health. The study recommends algorithmic awareness as an item of SMHL and rationalization of social media use as a crucial coping mechanism.

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Does Better Media Literacy Protect Against the Desire for Tanned Skin and Propensity for Making Appearance Comparisons?

Cited by 6 publications

References 49 publications

The New Media Landscape and Its Effects on Skin Cancer Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Prevention: Scoping Review

The New Media Landscape and Its Effects on Skin Cancer Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Prevention: Scoping Review

Relationships among selfie-viewing on social media, thin-ideal internalization, and restrained eating in adolescents: The buffering role of media literacy

News/Entertainment Social Media Engagement and Social Media Health Literacy: Effects on Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 Lockdown

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