Analysis of the Expression Ways of Female Body in Social Media

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Analysis of the Expression Ways of Female Body in Social Media

Xuanbo Cao 1* , Jiabei Hu 2 , Yaya Wang 3 , Jiashu Wu 4
  • 1 Shanghai Qibaodwight High School, Shanghai, China    
  • 2 Guangzhou Foreign Language School, Guangzhou, China    
  • 3 Department of media, Haikou college of economics, Haikou, China    
  • 4 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences & International Communication, Nottingham University of Ningbo China, Ningbo, China    
  • *corresponding author xbcao_cathy@qibaodwight.org
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ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-33-1
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-34-8

Abstract

In the Internet era, women create different body images and express different meanings through social media. This study aims to explore different female attitudes represented by these body expressions through case analysis. Analysis shows that, with the aid of social media this convenient platform, the female body show according to the motivation can be roughly divided into two kinds: please yourself and please others, the former is likely to be driven by money and the interests of the opposite sex appeal such as external, while the latter may come from the social environment in the promotion of the position of women and women's internal empowerment. Therefore, different body expressions bring about both negative and positive effects. The former may worsen women to become the object of male control, while the latter can enhance women's self-identity, break the mainstream single aesthetic, and continuously promote women's self-empowerment. This piece offers some recommendations based on the analysis. More women can be more engaged because they can express their diverse identities in a logical and self-centered manner. Body expression will thus have a beneficial effect. Women may therefore increase the benefits of their body expression by posing and clothing, and they can disseminate good influence by reciting uplifting themes. The recommendations for reducing drawbacks should come from a third party in the hopes that media literacy will increase and they will refrain from making rash comments, criticizing online women's body expression, or producing false facts to refute. Women's caution in preserving personal privacy has also been heightened by this.

Keywords:

Social media, female body

Cao,X.;Hu,J.;Wang,Y.;Wu,J. (2023). Analysis of the Expression Ways of Female Body in Social Media. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,183-189.
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Cao,X.;Hu,J.;Wang,Y.;Wu,J. (2023). Analysis of the Expression Ways of Female Body in Social Media. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,183-189.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 3

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Conference date: 18 December 2022
Series: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
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References

[1]. Kim，Holly , Toffoletti，Thorpe. “Female Athletes’ Self-Representation on Social Media: A Feminist Analysis of Neoliberal Marketing Strategies in ‘Economies of Visibility’:” Baidu Scholar, 2018, https://xueshu.baidu.com/usercenter/paper/show?paperid=15690pj0pg0a0v60vk610jy0n7267878.

[2]. Monteath, S. A. & McCabe, M. P. (1997). The influence of societal factors on female body image. The Journal of Social Psychology, 137(6), 708-727. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224549709595493.

[3]. Pew Internet, & American Life Project. (2015). Teens, social media & technology overview 2015. Retrieved from. http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/ teens-social-media-technology-2015/.

[4]. Carah, N. & Dobson, A. (2016). Algorithmic Hotness: Young Women’s “Promotion” and “Reconnaissance” Work via Social Media Body Images. Social Media + Society, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116672885.

[5]. Looft, R. (2017). #girlgaze: photography, fourth wave feminism, and social media advocacy. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 31(6), 892–902.

[6]. Yao, L., Niu, G., & Sun, X. (2021). Body image comparisons on social networking sites and Chinese female college students’ restrained eating: The roles of body shame, body appreciation, and body mass index. Sex Roles, 84(7), 465-476.

[7]. Dobson, A. S. (2016). Postfeminist digital cultures: Femininity, social media, and self-representation. Springer.

[8]. Sang, J. S., & Park, M. J. (2009, April 30). A study on the use of underwear as outerwear - korea science. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO200917337334110.pdf.

[9]. Yang, H., Wang, J. J., Ting, G. Y. Q., & Yang, S. (2000). Effects of social media and smartphone use on body esteem in female adolescent: Testing a cognitive and affective model. Children, 148(7), 1-19. https://doi. org/10.3390/children7090148.

[10]. Perloff, R. M. (2014). Social media effects on young women’s body image concerns: Theoretical perspectives and an agenda for research. Sex Roles, 71, 363-277. https://doi. org/10.1007/s11199-014-0384-6.

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