Studie om sociala mediers inflytande : Skillnaden på killar och tjejers motivation till fysisk aktivitet och hälsosamma matvanor samt deras självkänsla genom exponering och uppladdning av bilder

Sammanfattning: To log on to social media has become an obvious part of people's everyday routine. Pictures, videos, opinions, and thoughts are posted and read by people's social networks worldwide. In doing so, the present study chose to examine whether what is posted on social media, as well as what the individuals are exposed to on social media can be related to their motivation and self-esteem. By letting 117 adolescents aged 16-19 answer a questionnaire regarding which social media they are active on, how often they are active there, and what they post on those social medias. By also letting them evaluate how they see themselves, if they compare themselves with others and how motivated they are to physical activity and healthy eating habits, we could see that to those who post pictures, and are exposed to images represent exercise / health on social media have higher self-esteem and driven more by internal motivation to engage physical activity than those who do not. Women also exhibit higher self- esteem and a higher tendency to social comparison compared to men in this matter.