Body Surveillance on Instagram: Examining the Role of Selfie Feedback Investment in Young Adult Women’s Body Image Concerns

• Published in: Sex roles Vol. 81; no. 5-6; pp. 385 - 397
• Main Authors: Butkowski, Chelsea P., Dixon, Travis L., Weeks, Kristopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Audiences; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Body image; Bulimia; Discontent; Eating disorders; Feedback; Females; Gender roles; Gender Studies; Human body; Internet; Investments; Mass media images; Medicine/Public Health; Online Surveys; Original Article; Photography; Psychology; Self Concept; Self image; Social media; Social networks; Sociology; Surveillance; Women; Young adults; Young women; Selfie-posting; Self-objectification; Body image; Social media; Eating disorders
• ISSN: 0360-0025; 1573-2762
• DOI: 10.1007/s11199-018-0993-6

Selfies are self-taken self-portrait photographs captured with mobile phones, and they are among the most common forms of self-expression on the photo-based social network Instagram. Selfies display their subject’s face or body to social media followers and friends, making them particularly appearan...