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dc.contributor.authorStanley, Tyne
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Jim
dc.contributor.authorShort, Emma
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-27T12:38:59Z
dc.date.available2015-07-24T00:00:00Z
dc.date.available2020-11-27T12:38:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-24
dc.identifier.citationStanley T, Barnes J, Short E (2015) 'Appearance-focused Internet use and the thin-beauty ideal', Studies in media and communication, 3 (2), pp.38-50.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2325-8071
dc.identifier.doi10.11114/smc.v3i2.971
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/624689
dc.description.abstractWebsites featuring appearance-focused content are a medium for constant appearance comparisons, addiction and pressure to meet existing beauty-ideals. This study investigated a sample of 264 males and females who use appearance-focused websites, with a view to determining the relationship with appearance dissatisfaction and self-worth. Data collection involved posting links to online questionnaires on popular social networking sites. Internet appearance exposure was found to correlate with a greater drive for thinness in females, suggesting that exposure to the thin-ideal body images presented online reinforces women’s desire to achieve the cultural expectations of body shape and weight. Furthermore the study highlighted that internet addiction was associated with a drive for thinness and low self-esteem in both males and females, with differences exhibited in regards to body-esteem. These findings emphasise the need for pathological internet use to be incorporated into media literacy programs and to encourage a critical stance toward current beauty standards.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRed Fameen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://redfame.com/journal/index.php/smc/article/view/971/914en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectInternet useen_US
dc.subjectbeautyen_US
dc.subjectSubject Categories::G440 Human-computer Interactionen_US
dc.titleAppearance-focused Internet use and the thin-beauty idealen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn2325-808X
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Bedfordshireen_US
dc.identifier.journalStudies in media and communicationen_US
dc.date.updated2020-11-27T12:32:58Z
dc.description.noteopen access with cc licence


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