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Vol. 21, 07 December 2023
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The Spread of Female Body Anxiety and Appearance Anxiety in Modern Social Media
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Abstract
The Internet has now entered a phase of fast change. Social media is also developing and becoming more widespread as time goes on. However, the expansion of social media has also brought about certain issues, such as women’s anxiety over their looks and body shape, which is causing an increasing number of people to have both medical and psychological issues. People devote a lot of attention to women’s shape and looks since it is a prominent issue on social media, which makes women afraid to acknowledge their own beauty and forces them to continue pursuing beauty in the eyes of others. Review and case analysis are the primary research methodologies used in this study. The research for the paper shows that the strain of networking sites, including the use of self-timer software, being in competition with others, and some advertising marketing techniques is to blame for the rise in anxiety. The physical and emotional health of women may suffer as a result of these social demands. Following an analysis of these causes, this study suggests comparable remedies to help women achieve self-acceptance, and society also offers assistance to lessen women’s anxiety and foster healthy social growth.
Keywords
appearance and body anxiety, social media, psychological and physical health
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-185-8
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-186-5
- Published Date
- 07 December 2023
- Series
- Communications in Humanities Research
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7064
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7072
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7064/21/20231413
- Copyright
- 07 December 2023
- Open Access
- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited