Selfie-Objectification: Self-Objectification and Positive Feedback (“Likes”) are Associated with Frequency of Posting Sexually Objectifying Self-Images on Social Media

Bell, Beth T.; Cassarly, Jennifer A.; Dunbar, Lucy

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.06.005

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“…Mellor et al 41 apontam a relevância da mídia sobre as atitudes das pessoas diante da percepção corporal e destacam a preocupação e a necessidade de conscientização quanto às mensagens que são divulgadas nos meios de comunicação. Esse resultado também é sustentado por estudos mais recentes que enfatizam a forte influência da mídia social sobre a percepção corporal das pessoas 47,48 .…”

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Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) aplicada a estudantes universitários: estudo de validação e aplicação

2019

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Resumo: A Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) é utilizada para avaliar a influência de aspectos sociais e familiares na aparência corporal dos indivíduos. Contudo, poucos indícios de validade de construto da TIS são apresentados. O objetivo do estudo foi estimar os indicadores psicométricos da TIS e identificar o grau de influência da mídia, pais e amigos na aparência corporal de universitários considerando diferentes características. Universitários de ambos os sexos participaram. Os indicadores psicométricos da TIS foram avaliados para cada sexo utilizando análise fatorial confirmatória. Os escores médios de cada fator da TIS foram calculados. As prevalências do grau de influência foram apresentadas. Um modelo de regressão múltiplo multivariado foi construído para verificar a relação de características de interesse com os escores dos fatores da TIS. Participaram 791 universitários (63,2% mulheres) de 18 a 40 anos. A TIS não apresentou bom ajustamento às amostras e foi refinada. Após refinamento, observou-se adequada validade e confiabilidade para mulheres e homens. Verificaram-se diferenças significativas entre os escores médios de mulheres e homens, e, nas prevalências, a maioria dos estudantes esteve na categoria baixa. A atividade laboral, o consumo de suplementos alimentares para alterar o corpo, a idade, o índice de massa corporal, a autoavaliação da alimentação e o nível de atividade física se relacionaram significativamente com os fatores da TIS. Em geral, as mulheres foram mais influenciadas pela mídia e pelos amigos do que os homens. As características amostrais identificadas como relacionadas aos fatores da TIS podem ser relevantes para inclusão em protocolos clínicos e de pesquisa.

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Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) aplicada a estudantes universitários: estudo de validação e aplicação

2019

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“…This is cause for concern, particularly for social networking daters who may be presented with multiple opportunities for sexual encounters. Although social media networking has been criticized for influencing sexual self-objectification [17], particularly among adolescent and adult women, social media and networking sites can be an excel- web-based interventions such as Safe Sistah [18] has been shown to increase safe-sex behaviors among African American women by taking into consideration and addressing cultural norms surrounding sexual behavior.…”

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Latent Profiles of Social Media Users, STI Knowledge, and Condom Use among African American Young Adults

Carmack¹,

Rodriguez²,

Coleman³

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The abundance of social networking platforms has increased the frequency and the availability for which individuals communicate with one another. The feasibility and accessibility to go online to find sexual partners pose opportunity for contracting sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the absence of safe sexual practices. Low condom use has been reported among young adults who seek sexual partners online. African American young adults have some of the highest rates of infection for certain STIs. In order to mitigate the incidence and prevalence of STIs in at-risk populations, sexually active young adults must use condoms consistently and correctly during sexual activities. The present study sought to uncover the heterogeneity within African American young adults regarding their online networking utilization, STI knowledge, and sexual risk behavior. African American young adults (N = 236), ages 18 -23, completed private online survey administration. Using latent class analysis, three classes were identified: Social Network Communicators (43%; N = 101), Social Networking Daters (36%; N = 83), and Media Sharers (21%; N = 52). Social Networking Daters exhibited the highest probability of using online dating sites daily, low STI knowledge, and a zero probability of consistent condom use. All three groups exhibited relatively low STI knowledge. Furthermore, having a history of STI increased the likelihood of being classified into the Social Networking Daters class relative to the other classes. Findings highlight the need to capitalize upon online platforms for African American young adults who utilize online dating sites and other online environments.

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“…This is so much so that the prospective of an SMM reward induces individuals to employ various strategies to actively boost the number of likes received on their photos, for instance applying filters or releasing content at a particular time of day. Greater self-objectification in women and teenage girls directly results in material of enhanced sexualised content, which in turn receives a significantly higher number of likes compared to more neutral images (Bell et al, 2018;Tolman & McClelland, 2011). In extreme cases, reports show that a number of teenage girls go as far as posting nude 'selfies' in order to attract attention (Mascheroni et al, 2015).…”

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Denouncing child manipulation to produce sexualised imagery on YouTube

Grannò¹,

Mosca²,

Walravens-Evans³

2020

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Over the last decade, a vast YouTube-based ‘market’ of child-produced content involving sexualised behaviour has developed. Children-performers produce videos featuring implicit sexual imagery to satisfy the demands of an adult fan base, and in exchange for a digital reward. We first report the discovery of several YouTube keywords leading to such content, outlining their remarkable interconnectedness via analysis of search trends over the last decade. Following, we investigate audience-child interactions by semantic analysis of n=1398 comments mined from n=30 videos, revealing the occurrence of collective grooming. We then demonstrate how this phenomenon is sustained and enhanced by YouTube search algorithms. Following, we detail a model framework to contextualise our findings. Finally, we propose specific amendments to the 2018 Online Harms White Paper that might tackle this phenomenon. Our results reveal a new form of child abuse, as of yet undescribed, wherein the core features of online grooming are translated to social media, the fundamental principles of which act as a powerful incentive. Because the victim’s manipulation is enacted collectively, we believe that responsibility ultimately rests with society as a whole. The principal aim here is to raise awareness of this issue, in an attempt to kick-start discussion of its causes, implications and potential solutions.

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Selfie-Objectification: Self-Objectification and Positive Feedback (“Likes”) are Associated with Frequency of Posting Sexually Objectifying Self-Images on Social Media

Cited by 106 publications

References 39 publications

Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) aplicada a estudantes universitários: estudo de validação e aplicação

Escala de Influência dos Três Fatores (TIS) aplicada a estudantes universitários: estudo de validação e aplicação

Latent Profiles of Social Media Users, STI Knowledge, and Condom Use among African American Young Adults

Denouncing child manipulation to produce sexualised imagery on YouTube

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