From Celebrities To Friends, The Dilemma Persists
This page and these artifacts correspond with the argument I make in the second part of the podcast: Due to an increase in the conversations surrounding body dysmorphia, I predict that there will be mandatory educational info-sessions given to the youth, as this dilemma is targeting all people who are exposed to social media.
Artifact 5: This article exemplifies that sexual attractiveness and the media only feed into body dysmorphia, as Reinhart opens up about her relationship with societal expectations and her struggles with body dysmorphia. She wishes that there were more average-sized arms represented in mainstream media for women, especially as a celebrity. This shows that sexual attractiveness and the media only feed into body dysmorphia, which is a serious issue that we face today.
Artifact 6: The purpose of this study is to investigate the function of perfectionism in the relationship between social media use and body dysmorphic disorders. To investigate how far self-oriented perfectionism moderates the link between image-based SMU and body dysmorphic symptoms, a multivariable linear regression with the interaction term frequency of image-based social media use and self-oriented perfectionism was utilized. There was a significant interaction effect, indicating that self-oriented perfectionism mediated the relationship between the frequency of image-based social media use and body dysmorphic symptoms. Controlling for age, gender, and RCADS-11 (Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale) score, this remained true.
Artifact 7: Simeone's book illustrates her struggles with body dysmorphia, living in the day and age of social media. She explains how social media, and the content that she is exposed to, both negatively influence her relationship with her body as she struggles with body dysmorphia.