The article by Alava and Chauoni explains how social media can foster unrealistic expectations that lead to societal pressure about looks for young girls. Through beauty standards promoted by influencer culture through modes like filters and photo editing, it normalizes young girls to negative comparison that can affect their self-esteem and body satisfaction. Filters and …
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Research Progress within the Hyperreal
About a week ago, I was nervous about how my research progress was going based on the timeline I set for myself earlier in the semester. However, as of this week, I have almost completed my committee completed, which was a huge milestone for me. I have my chair and one committee member, and my …
Social Learning Theory and Hyperreality
This source is channeling the Social Learning Theory. This is important because it shows how people, especially young children, learn behaviors that may include attitudes or norms/values, and it argues that they do this by observing others in their environment. Another way they can learn this is through social settings and norms set up through …
Digital Algorithm to Beauty Standards
This week, I read Algorithmic Beauty: The New Beauty Standard by Huang and Fabi. It relates heavily to my topic for my MA project, as filters and modification apps due to a new beauty standard from digital media are what my entire project is about. This entire article is about explaining the rise in algorithmic …