(Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II, 2024-09-18)
Uram, Patrycja
The purpose of this article is to review the latest research on socio-cultural considerations
regarding promoting body image trends in social media.
Material and methods: Using the assumptions of the socio-cultural and self-objectification theories, the
article explains the main consequences of messages promoting specific body shapes, both in traditional
and social media.
Results: Among the most serious of these are a tendency toward social comparisons, increased
dissatisfaction with one’s own body, mood changes and a tendency toward behaviors characteristic of
eating disorders. The findings revealed were presented in the context of specific body image trends present
on social media - Fitspiration and Thinspiration.
Conclusions: A review of information regarding fitspiration and thinspiration has been made from the
perspective of the consequences of exposure to content and the elements that characterize inspirational
images.