“You look great!”: The effect of viewing appearance-related Instagram comments on women’s body image
Abstract
Instagram is an increasingly popular social networking site where users post and share photos. The aim of the present study was to experimentally investigate the effect of viewing appearance-related comments accompanying Instagram images on women’s body image. Participants were 128 female undergraduate students who viewed a set of attractive images paired with a brief positive comment. For half the participants, comments were related to...
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Title
“You look great!”: The effect of viewing appearance-related Instagram comments on women’s body image
Published Date
Dec 1, 2018
Journal
Volume
27
Pages
61 - 66
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