COMM 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Comparison Theory
1 Jul 2016
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Masculine: earning money, sports, being successful, anything self-centered. Cyberbullying cyberbullyinhz: text messages, comments, rumors, embarrassing pictures, videos and fake profiles that are meant to hurt another person and are sent by email or posted to social networking sites. 43% of teenagers are subjects to cyber bullying, lgbtq at 53% Used for individuals to self promote or express themselves through images. Instagram helps to create a visual and locational representation of one"s spatial self. Found that females tended to compare themselves to other more, while males did not. Social media can heighten social comparison and negatively affect a person"s self-esteem and self-concept. Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online. 1 in 4 has had it happen more than once. 70% of studetns report seeing frequent bullying online. 81% of young people think bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person.
