Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women

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Autor(a) principal: Laknit, Sofia
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/107186
Resumo: It is no secret that the us age of Social Site Network (SNS)has become part of our daily life over the last 10 years, with Instagram being the second most used and most engaged social media nowadays. Indeed, the popular photo-sharing network grew tremend ously and continues to expand its horizons, with an average of 1 billion monthly users.Throughout this study, we are taking a closer look to how Instagram useand appearance-related comparisonimpact the body image of Moroccan women. Using a quantitative study, this paper reports what 148young Moroccan females aged mainly between 18 and 24 years old, think about Instagram, and how it affects their own perception of their bodies, and consequently how satisfied they are about their physical appearance compared to other persons from the same gender.The results are aligned with similar previous researches, proving that appearance comparisons performed on Instagram do indeed lead to body dissatisfaction among the participants.
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spelling Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan womenInstagram useAppearance-related comparisonBody imageMoroccan womenDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoIt is no secret that the us age of Social Site Network (SNS)has become part of our daily life over the last 10 years, with Instagram being the second most used and most engaged social media nowadays. Indeed, the popular photo-sharing network grew tremend ously and continues to expand its horizons, with an average of 1 billion monthly users.Throughout this study, we are taking a closer look to how Instagram useand appearance-related comparisonimpact the body image of Moroccan women. Using a quantitative study, this paper reports what 148young Moroccan females aged mainly between 18 and 24 years old, think about Instagram, and how it affects their own perception of their bodies, and consequently how satisfied they are about their physical appearance compared to other persons from the same gender.The results are aligned with similar previous researches, proving that appearance comparisons performed on Instagram do indeed lead to body dissatisfaction among the participants.Martinez, LuisRUNLaknit, Sofia2022-01-04T01:30:28Z2020-01-242020-01-032020-01-24T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/107186TID:202496147enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:51:51Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/107186Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:40:52.407089Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
title Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
spellingShingle Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
Laknit, Sofia
Instagram use
Appearance-related comparison
Body image
Moroccan women
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
title_short Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
title_full Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
title_fullStr Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
title_full_unstemmed Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
title_sort Instagram use and appearance-related comparison: the impact on the body image of Moroccan women
author Laknit, Sofia
author_facet Laknit, Sofia
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Martinez, Luis
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Laknit, Sofia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Instagram use
Appearance-related comparison
Body image
Moroccan women
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
topic Instagram use
Appearance-related comparison
Body image
Moroccan women
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
description It is no secret that the us age of Social Site Network (SNS)has become part of our daily life over the last 10 years, with Instagram being the second most used and most engaged social media nowadays. Indeed, the popular photo-sharing network grew tremend ously and continues to expand its horizons, with an average of 1 billion monthly users.Throughout this study, we are taking a closer look to how Instagram useand appearance-related comparisonimpact the body image of Moroccan women. Using a quantitative study, this paper reports what 148young Moroccan females aged mainly between 18 and 24 years old, think about Instagram, and how it affects their own perception of their bodies, and consequently how satisfied they are about their physical appearance compared to other persons from the same gender.The results are aligned with similar previous researches, proving that appearance comparisons performed on Instagram do indeed lead to body dissatisfaction among the participants.
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