Hello,
My name is Adela Liskova and I study Communication and Media at the University of New York in Prague. This blog was created for my Media and Society Class. I created this blog to talk about the effect Instagram can have on young people. In my opinion, this topic is very relevant to our generation, since we are on social media constantly. Instagram is one of the most popular social media apps, among my classmates and friends, everyone uses Instagram. Most of them also check it multiple times a day, post stories and upload their own pictures once in a while. Almost everyone on Instagram also follows at least a few Instagram influencers. They are people with massive amounts of followers who get brand deals and are paid to post pictures. Instagram influencers have accounts full of pictures of their perfect bodies, wearing nice outfits or having fun with their big group of friends on expensive vacations. It is easy to see that and start feeling bad about your life, thinking that it is boring compared to theirs or start feeling like you are not attractive enough. However, most influencers heavily edit their pictures.
Influencers aren’t the only source of comparison. Even looking at an account of someone you know personally can make you feel bad about yourself. Most people, myself included, only post the positives of their lives. But nobody really thinks about that while scrolling through pictures on their Instagram feed. That is why I think this topic is very important and decided to dedicate my blog to it.
Stay tuned,
Adela
My name is Adela Liskova and I study Communication and Media at the University of New York in Prague. This blog was created for my Media and Society Class. I created this blog to talk about the effect Instagram can have on young people. In my opinion, this topic is very relevant to our generation, since we are on social media constantly. Instagram is one of the most popular social media apps, among my classmates and friends, everyone uses Instagram. Most of them also check it multiple times a day, post stories and upload their own pictures once in a while. Almost everyone on Instagram also follows at least a few Instagram influencers. They are people with massive amounts of followers who get brand deals and are paid to post pictures. Instagram influencers have accounts full of pictures of their perfect bodies, wearing nice outfits or having fun with their big group of friends on expensive vacations. It is easy to see that and start feeling bad about your life, thinking that it is boring compared to theirs or start feeling like you are not attractive enough. However, most influencers heavily edit their pictures.
Influencers aren’t the only source of comparison. Even looking at an account of someone you know personally can make you feel bad about yourself. Most people, myself included, only post the positives of their lives. But nobody really thinks about that while scrolling through pictures on their Instagram feed. That is why I think this topic is very important and decided to dedicate my blog to it.
Stay tuned,
Adela
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