September 19, 2025Frontiers in Humanities and Social SciencesOpen Access

Framing Beauty: How Instagram Influencers Shape Appearance Anxiety and Body Positivity Among Adolescents

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PDPhebe DingUniversiti Putra Malaysia

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Content analysis reveals how Instagram influencers shape appearance anxiety and body positivity among adolescents, indicating a need for media literacy education.

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Instagram content can create unattainable beauty standards that heighten appearance anxiety among adolescents.
Influencers like Kim Kardashian promote idealized beauty, while Danae Mercer Ricci encourages body positivity, affecting self-esteem differently.
Analyzing 40 Instagram posts through inductive coding highlighted visual and textual elements influencing audience engagement.
The findings suggest changes in platform algorithms and the importance of developing media literacy for healthier online interactions.

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Phebe Ding (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d43804713b0b5dfea77e27 https://doi.org/10.54691/x49nxj72

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Content analysis reveals how Instagram influencers shape appearance anxiety and body positivity among adolescents, indicating a need for media literacy education.

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