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“Too Good to Be True”: Semi-Naked Bodies on Social Media

“Too Good to Be True”: Semi-Naked Bodies on Social Media

Anke J. Kleim, Petya Eckler, Andrea Tonner
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781668463079|ISBN10: 1668463075|EISBN13: 9781668463086
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6307-9.ch041
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Kleim, Anke J., et al. "“Too Good to Be True”: Semi-Naked Bodies on Social Media." Research Anthology on Usage, Identity, and Impact of Social Media on Society and Culture, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 769-789. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6307-9.ch041

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Kleim, A. J., Eckler, P., & Tonner, A. (2022). “Too Good to Be True”: Semi-Naked Bodies on Social Media. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Usage, Identity, and Impact of Social Media on Society and Culture (pp. 769-789). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6307-9.ch041

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Kleim, Anke J., Petya Eckler, and Andrea Tonner. "“Too Good to Be True”: Semi-Naked Bodies on Social Media." In Research Anthology on Usage, Identity, and Impact of Social Media on Society and Culture, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 769-789. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6307-9.ch041

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Abstract

This chapter examines how body image deception is created and understood in social media. The authors focus specifically on the beach body, which is a narrower form of bodily representation online, but where deception is especially likely to occur. Focus group discussions with young adults revealed that editing and perfecting the beach body is commonplace and even normalized on social media. However, participants distinguished between celebrities and friends in expected use of manipulation and seemed to place a limit on the acceptable types of manipulation: body tan but not body shape, for example. The authors discuss the implications of these discussions and how applying deception theory in body image research can provide useful insights.

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