Tag: Fitspiration

Communities and Social Media

Health and Fitness Influencers Spreading Misinformation within their Community

Amy Nguyen8 Comments

Introduction While health and fitness influencers on Instagram and YouTube promote active lifestyles and an ideal body standard through their online self-presentation, they are also accountable for spreading false information within their online communities. This paper is going to explore the online fitness community, the impacts of fitness influencers, and how misinformation on diets and workout plans spread within their community. Social media’s impact Social media has given people Read more […]

Instagram’s Fitspiration Community and its Negative Effects on Women’s Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction
Communities and Social Media

Instagram’s Fitspiration Community and its Negative Effects on Women’s Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction

Alicia Lyons32 Comments

Abstract This paper discusses an Instagram, a photo sharing social network, based community called Fitspiration, also known as Fitspo. The paper examines how this Fitspiration community may negatively impact women’s self-esteem and cause body dissatisfaction by promoting the thin ideals that have continued to be portrayed past traditional forms of media despite its intention to be inspiring, inclusive and to promote a healthy lifestyle with well-being in mind. It also touches on eating Read more […]