social media effects on body image

1. Katherine Howell
Business 271
How Social
Media
Affects
Body Image

2. 98% of Gen Z
Owns a Smart
Phone
Teenagers are spending an
average of 2 hours and 24
minutes on social media each
day. Through this, they are
constantly seeing unrealistic
beauty standards.
These beauty standards
emphasize thin values and
promote disordered eating.

3. "Exposure to media messages can impart
unrealistic images of female beauty.
Internalization of these distorted images
is of concern because it can lead to body
dissatisfaction, a key predictor of
disordered eating"
Richard Perloff PhD Professor of communication at Cleveland State University
Why This is an Issue

4. Statistics
Comparing
87% of women compare
their bodies to pictures on
social media
Unsatisfaction
78% of women are
unsatisfied with their
apperance
Pressure
58% of college aged
women feel pressured to
be a certain weight

5. Join the Good Side
of Social Media
Understanding that social media is
almost always fake and edited, can help
prevent body image disorders

6. Sources
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2021/05/17/gen-z-and-the-
rise-of-social-commerce/?sh=210ea92251d0
https://www.today.com/style/social-media-affecting-way-we-view-our-bodies-it-
s-t128500
https://now.org/now-foundation/love-your-body/love-your-body-whats-it-all-
about/get-the-facts/
https://childmind.org/article/social-media-and-self-doubt/