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"Like many of her peers, Abigail (21) takes a lot of selfies, tweaks them with
purpose-made apps, and posts them on social media. But, she says, the
selfie-editing apps do more than they were designed for:
You look at that idealised version of yourself and you just want it – you
just want it to be real […] the more you do it, the better you get at it and
the more subtle your editing is the easier it is to actually see yourself as
that version.
Abigail was one of nearly 80 young people my colleagues and I interviewed as
part of research into selfie-editing technologies. The findings, recently
published in
New Media & Society, are cause for alarm. They show
selfie-editing technologies have significant impacts for young people’s body
image and wellbeing."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
