Summary
An article in The Asian Age discusses the rise in popularity
of social networking in their culture. Social networks were created as a way
for people to network and communicate. As our society is becoming more
technological, more social networks are being creative but the impact they are
having on our society is one that may dismantle one’s self worth and self-esteem
by defining how beauty is supposed to look. Networks such as Instagram and
Facebook allows one to upload photos and the viewers get to like the picture or
comment. One aims to receive as many likes and positive comments as possible. About
82 percent of the women surveyed by the Asian Age believe that social media
defines what beauty is and at least 3 percent believe that these social media
sites has greater impact on defining beauty than magazines, films, and music does.
Analysis
Everyday people upload pictures of their selves onto social
media websites. This gives other people the opportunity to rate them by liking
the picture or commenting. This gives the person an idea of how beautiful they
are to other people. The people who receive a great amount of likes and
comments on their photos feel like they are accepted; they are beautiful. What
about the people who don’t receive a high number of likes or positive comments?
What if they receive negative comments? Factors such as those give one the
impression that they are not beautiful. It lowers ones self-esteem. People then
look to the photos that have a ton of likes and all positive comments and that person
or image then defines what beauty should look them. This leads to many women
and even men distorting, photo shopping, and editing their picture hoping to
look like how society defines beauty; not accepting their natural beauty.
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