A picture is worth a thousand words: the effect of viewing celebrity Instagram images with disclaimer and body positive captions on women's body image

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Z.
dc.contributor.authorTiggemann, M.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractResearch has shown that exposure to Instagram images is harmful for women’s body image. Although Instagram consists of photos of both peers and celebrities, the top followed Instagram accounts are held by thin and attractive female celebrities. The present study aimed to experimentally investigate whether two forms of Instagram caption could mitigate the detrimental effect of celebrity images on women’s body image. Participants were 256 female undergraduate students who were assigned to view a set of celebrity images with either no caption, a disclaimer caption, or a body positive caption, or a control set of travel images. Results showed that exposure to celebrity images, in comparison to travel images, increased body dissatisfaction and decreased body appreciation. However, there was no significant effect of either form of caption. The effect of celebrity images was mediated by state appearance comparison and moderated by trait appearance comparison. It was concluded that the addition of disclaimer or body positive captions by attractive celebrities does not serve to improve women’s body image.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityZoe Brown, Marika Tiggemann
dc.identifier.citationBody Image, 2020; 33:190-198
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.03.003
dc.identifier.issn1740-1445
dc.identifier.issn1873-6807
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/132824
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150101295
dc.rights© 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.03.003
dc.subjectBody image; celebrity; instagram; disclaimer captions; body positive captions; body appreciation
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshPhotography
dc.subject.meshBody Image
dc.subject.meshFamous Persons
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.subject.meshSocial Media
dc.titleA picture is worth a thousand words: the effect of viewing celebrity Instagram images with disclaimer and body positive captions on women's body image
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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