Are We There Yet? Progress in Depicting Diverse Images of Beauty in Instagram’s Body Positivity Movement

•Body positivity posts on Instagram included diverse body sizes and appearances.•Only 43% of posts depicted larger bodies which is not representative of the general population.•A proportion of the posts did contain contradictory messages.•A small proportion of the posts contained messages praising t...

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Published in:	Body image Vol. 34; pp. 85 - 93
Main Authors:	Lazuka, Rebecca F., Wick, Madeline R., Keel, Pamela K., Harriger, Jennifer A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020
Subjects:	Attitude Beauty body image Body Image - psychology body positivity Ethnic Groups Female Humans Instagram Physical Appearance, Body positive body image social media Social Media - statistics & numerical data Social Media - trends social networking sites Thinness body positivity Instagram body image social media positive body image social networking sites
ISSN:	1740-1445, 1873-6807, 1873-6807
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