5-10 years ago, mainstream media had a lot to answer for in terms of portraying unrealistic body image ideals. However, the tables started to turn and it became common knowledge that celebrities appearing in magazines and ad campaigns were digitally modified so that they appeared to have no imperfections, blemishes, cellulite, lumps or bumps regardless of their shape or size – just perfectly edited toned, tanned torsos. We started to not compare ourselves as much or have unrealistic expectations as we were fully aware these images literally weren’t real and looked at them with a critical eye.
Mental Health
A big concern with this addiction to filters and editing of photos are the negative effects they could have on mental health, especially of the younger generation. The most popular Snapchat filters literally distort your face. They make it slimmer, give you higher cheekbones, even out your skin tone and even change your skin colour. Results that no amount of healthy eating, or working out could achieve.
Less Excercise
If we can make ourselves look a certain way online, quickly and easily, does this mean we’ll stop putting as much focus on our health offline when we can so easily fake it?
Focusing on extrinsic motivation rather than intrinsic motivation
Exercising because you want to look like your favorite Instagram Fitspo looks in their photos, isn’t going to achieve the long-term health and well-being results that intrinsic motivation will. According to Accredited Exercise Physiologist Carly Ryan, exercising so you can look a certain way because you think you should is a form of extrinsic motivation (i.e. you are doing it for external rewards). Unfortunately, this kind of motivation doesn’t last in the long term. It is important to find internal drivers to exercise (i.e. intrinsic motivation) such as how exercise makes you feel and the positive effects it has on your mind and body. This is very important in helping you be physically active across your life.
Putting us off certain types of exercise
We’ve all seen the way people edit their photos to make it look like they’re doing the perfect headstand in a scenic, empty park, yes? If not then you might still be under the impression that there’s no way you can ever do that – so you don’t even try! Well neither can a lot of people! It’s easy to manipulate a photo so that it looks like they’re perfectly posed. Or even for those who have mastered their workout, everyone starts somewhere, so don’t be put off by being a beginner.
During the research, I have also found a video about Instagram filters how they can tell about our personalities. Many images on social media that are more black and white are associated with darker themes, which is why vibrant, more colorful filters are used to promote happiness and good times.
During the research, I have also found a video about Instagram filters how they can tell about our personalities. Many images on social media that are more black and white are associated with darker themes, which is why vibrant, more colorful filters are used to promote happiness and good times.
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