Boys and Young Males’ Bodies in the Age of Social Media

This article explores how young adults negotiate gender relations and intimate boundaries through the smartphone app, Snapchat. We build on an empirical study based on interviews and a quantitative questionnaire distributed among young Danes. Our findings suggest that the key affordance of Snapchat (its default deletion) creates ‘in between spaces’ as it incites a high degree of boundary-pushing content. The way the content pushes boundaries varies across genders, but a common characteristic is that the content is more intimate and with less facade than what is usually shared on other social media. At the same time, we find that young males and females to some extend use Snapchat in different ways and with different kinds of content, though for the same overall purpose; Snapchat constitutes their ‘in between space’ where they can test boundaries and uphold social relations by exchanging personal, unveiled behind-the-facade content.

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Body Image During Quarantine; Generational Effects of Social Media Pressure on Body Appearance Perception

10.31234/osf.io/y826u ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Trinidad Speranza ◽

Sofia Abrevaya ◽

Veronica C Ramenzoni

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Body Image ◽

Social Pressure ◽

Young Female ◽

Future Research ◽

Image Perception ◽

Young Males ◽

Virtual Self ◽

Body Ideal ◽

Media Pressure

One of the consequences of the pandemic is that throughout 2020 virtual interactions largely replaced face-to-face interactions. Though there are few studies of how social media impacts body image perception across genders, research suggests that socializing through a virtual self-body image might have distinct implications for men and women. In an online study, we examined whether type of social pressure and body-ideal exert distinct pressures on members of the X, Y, and Z generations. Results showed media pressure affected body image satisfaction significantly more than other kinds of social pressure across genders and generations, with young males reporting a higher impact compared to older males. Males experienced more pressure to be muscular and women to be thin, especially for the younger generation. Future research should focus on social media as a potential intervention tool for the detection and prevention of body image disorders in both young female and male adults.

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The Impact of Modernity on Youth Culture: Their Linguistic Choices, Thoughts and Attitudes

The International Journal of Applied Language Studies and Culture ◽

10.34301/alsc.v3i2.29 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 25-34

Author(s):

Wahib Touijar

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Youth Culture ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Discursive Practices ◽

Young Males ◽

The Status ◽

Males And Females ◽

The Impact

The present study aims at investigating the impact of modernity on the youth culture. Generally, regarding the discernible changes in youth lifestyle, thought, attitudes, and language, it turned out to be paramount to query the driving forces responsible for such changes. Accordingly, this study is intended to inspect three significant issues connected with the topic at stake. First, it reveals how the status of females has changed as reflected in different feminine discursive practices, as well as some differences in the linguistic choices of young males and females and some of their implications. Second, it highlights the role of education in the empowerment of youth and the improvement of their attitudes towards their society. Lastly, it scrutinizes the impact of different social media on youth in the Moroccan context. In order for the study to have a sense of authenticity, a bundle of data was collated and studied in the light of the topic in question.

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“No Lecture, I Am Bored:” What Messages does Young Males Myanmar Want to Learn from Sexuality Education in Social Media?

10.7176/rhss/11-14-02 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Sexuality Education ◽

Young Males

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Where Social Media Meets AAC

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.gs.20072015.np ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Vicki Clarke

Keyword(s):

Social Media

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Social Media: A Powerful Tool for AAC Learning and Networking

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.gs.22022017.np ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Lauren Enders

Keyword(s):

Social Media

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Making Twitter Work For You

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.stw.18052013.np ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Public Relations ◽

Speech Language Pathologists

As professionals who recognize and value the power and important of communications, audiologists and speech-language pathologists are perfectly positioned to leverage social media for public relations.

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