Lajfstajl / Lifestyle
What do you see when your fingertip taps the most beautiful picture gallery among all social networks? Unspoilt cappuc- cino foam, a healthy breakfast that could only satiate the optic nerve, complete rows of brand new shoes that don’t look like you could get very far in them – and other hedonistic shortcuts that leave you feeling like your life can’t be compared to those you participate in indirectly online? Or perhaps you view the whole Insta phenomenon through a differ- ent lens: aware that it is just an im- peccable obscenity that we all par- ticipate in voluntarily by filtering the most photogenic parts of our every- day life? Whether you’re in the camp of fervent fans or total dissenters, there’s one area where you’ll agree with us: no other media has succeed-
ed in achieving such “dependence” among its users. Actually, it has done so to such an extent that in recent years we’ve heard ever more accu- sations that it is a place where us- ers develop numerous mental health problems. The worst effects have been recognised among teens, and the Wall Street Journal recently pub- lished something that proved de- cidedly negative for Facebook and Instagram – almost everyone was aware of the negative effects this so- cial network has on teens. Or, more precisely, on teenage girls. The Wall Street Journal published a series of reports dubbed ‘The Facebook Files’, which present Facebook in quite a poor light. Although the reports re- late to various aspects of the plat- form’s operations, the main conclu-
Why do we think everyone is having a better time while we scroll through Instagram and how does that impact on our mental health? from the feed and Insta(nt) (dis) satisfaction The other side of social media Pressure
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