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It For The Likes: How Instagram Distorts Reality for Generation #Selfie
When
Instagram launched in 2010, it was intended to be a more advanced version of
facebook consisting solely of photos. People could post photos and receive likes
from other users who followed them on social media website. At first glance,
instagram is harmless. You post a couple photos and see who likes what you have
posted. When you take a deeper look, instagram is much more harmful than that.
Instagram
has become such an obsession of the world; people are now receiving payment
just for posting photos. One type of Instagram’s employees has been dubbed “the
instagram model”. Although they are probably not on the payroll, instagram
models are paid by different companies just for having a substantial amount of
followers. Instagram modeling is such a reality now that modeling agencies are
now shifting through the explore page of instagram, in search of the next big ‘it
girl’. As instagram modeling becomes more of a reality, so does the distortion
of reality for the generation who does nothing for theirselves and everything
for the ‘likes’.
The
“instagram model” with her fake breast and over endowed rear end has changed
the perception of what real women should look like. Although the instagram
model has probably photoshopped, or at the least altered her photos with
instagrams famous filters, girls are constantly being compared to them. The instagram
model distorts reality, diminishes self esteem, and creates unreachable
measures for young girls to reach.
Instagram
promotes narcissism by demonstrating to the public that if you have nice
things, the world should literally know you have nice things. In an instant, a
person can post their brand new gold watch and receive instant gratification by
having others like and comment on how much they too want that watch.
I
would like to do my final project on just how much instagram affects our
generation by distorting reality and creating narcissistic people. I would like
to do so in a short documentary by interviewing young men and women in our
generation today.
Here are some links I’ve found helpful:
I think your topic is interesting because it's relevant to a lot of people from the younger generations. Nowadays, kids who are like 10 have Instagram pages and they are unknowingly exposed to so much and they may not be able to decipher between what is real or fake. I think you should definitely ask the people you're interviewing how young is too young for social media.
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