{"id":12224,"date":"2019-05-17T15:49:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/us\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2019-05-17T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T16:20:30","slug":"how-social-media-influences-our-relationship-with-body-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/us\/how-social-media-influences-our-relationship-with-body-image","title":{"rendered":"How social media influences our relationship with body image"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the latest report from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/publications\/body-image-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Health Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 22% of adults and 40% of teenagers in the UK said that images they saw on social media made them worry about the way they looked.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The report suggests that because social media makes it easier for people to compare their bodies to others in a negative way, it can have a strong correlation with body dissatisfaction. Therefore, this negative effect can increase the longer people spend on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of its research, the Mental Health Foundation recommends that: <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/us\/should-social-networks-regulate-influencer-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> companies must commit to \u201cplaying a key role in promoting body kindness\u201d and ensure that a \u201cdiversity of body types\u201d are presented to their users. They should also sign the Be Real Campaign\u2019s Body Image Pledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should have easy-to-use systems to report bullying and discrimination and give users greater control over the content they see on their platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the government\u2019s \u201cOnline Harms White Paper should address harms relating to the promotion of unhelpful or idealised body image online\u201d and not just focus on content that promotes eating disorders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users should be more mindful of the accounts they\u2019re following and how the content these accounts share makes them feel about their bodies. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recommendations highlight that this isn\u2019t just an issue that the social media industry needs to tackle.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s a societal problem that needs addressing in the home, in schools, in the media, by the government, and yes, by social media companies. We must also practice self-care and be compassionate to ourselves by doing our best to avoid the accounts that make us feel bad, but due to the way it works, these images are often impossible to avoid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we look at Facebook, its guidelines are ultimately decided by one man, Mark Zuckerberg. He decides what content is problematic enough to remove, and what may be offensive or damaging to people, yet is allowed to stay online. Unless social media leaders agree with the recommendations that organisations like the Mental Health Foundation set out, the content on our feeds is unlikely to change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In practical terms, much of the responsibility for diverse social media content is likely to lie with the brands, celebrities, influencers and regular users who post on the sites. While representing a wide variety of body types may not seem like an urgent issue for many brands, as consumers become more aware of the harm idealised images can cause, brands may find that people start to avoid their content if they feel that it causes them harm.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest report from the Mental Health Foundation, 22% of adults and 40% of teenagers in the UK said that images they saw on social media made them worry about the way they looked. 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