"Adolescent Self Esteem and Instagram: An Examination of Posting Behavi" by Anna Hill and Lamaja Denman

Article Title

Adolescent Self Esteem and Instagram: An Examination of Posting Behavior

Authors

Anna Hill, Concordia University, Saint Paul
Lamaja Denman, Concordia University, Saint Paul

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Kim Flottemesch

Abstract

Social media is a way that people can communicate and share parts of their lives through the internet ("Social Media", n.d.). Being that the media tends to have an influence on the general public, it has an influence on adolescents as well. Sometimes this influence can be quite negative (Sanders, 2015). Because of this, exploring their connection would be insightful. This study explores how a specific social media site, Instagram, may affect adolescent girls and their self-esteem. The researchers issued a self-esteem questionnaire to a gorup of girls on their self-esteem and compared it to their Instagram profiles. In this study, the researchers found that the participant with average self-esteem posted the most provacative photos on Instagram, while the participants with high self-esteem along with borderline-low self-esteem posted more goofy and filtered photos.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.54416/NTGE5234

Recommended Citation

Hill, Anna and Denman, Lamaja (2016) "Adolescent Self Esteem and Instagram: An Examination of Posting Behavior," Concordia Journal of Communication Research: Vol. 3, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54416/NTGE5234
Available at: https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/comjournal/vol3/iss1/4

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