期刊
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
卷 55, 期 -, 页码 190-197出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.011
关键词
Beauty; Peer comparison; In-depth interviews; Self-presentation; Social media; Teenage girls
This study explores teenage girls' narrations of the relationship between self-presentation and peer comparison on social media in the context of beauty. Social media provide new platforms that manifest media and peer influences on teenage girls' understanding of beauty towards an idealized notion. Through 24 in-depth interviews, this study examines secondary school girls' self-presentation and peer comparison behaviors on social network sites where the girls posted self-portrait photographs or selfies and collected peer feedback in the forms of likes, followers, and comments. Results of thematic analysis reveal a gap between teenage girls' self-beliefs and perceived peer standards of beauty. Feelings of low self-esteem and insecurity underpinned their efforts in edited self-presentation and quest for peer recognition. Peers played multiple roles that included imaginary audiences, judges, vicarious learning sources, and comparison targets in shaping teenage girls' perceptions and presentation of beauty. Findings from this study reveal the struggles that teenage girls face today and provide insights for future investigations and interventions pertinent to teenage girls' presentation and evaluation of self on social media. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All right reserved.
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