the thigh gap obsession on social media
DESCRIPTION
Is Social Media really fuelling girls’ towards the dangerous thigh-gap obsession? If so, how are people using social media to encourage others to get obsessed was the primitive motive behind the study. Interestingly, when we had searched for #thighgap, #thinspiration, #thinspo, (Inspiration to become Thin) on Tumblr. It redirected us to a free help line run by the NEDA. This made us to know how big the issue was on social media. Check the details here http://simplify360.com/blog/social-media-really-fueling-girls-towards-dangerous-thigh-gap-obsession/TRANSCRIPT
#larryforever
#skinny
HOW ARE PEOPLE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET OBSESSED?
787 715WORKOUT THIGHGAP
146
EXERCISE
144
HEALTH
122
FITNESS
Thigh gap had much higher notes per post when normalized compared to work out. A single post on work out had around 13574 notes, which helped workout to have a higher average notes per post compared to thigh gap
Most of the #around Thigh Gap
were around inspiration to become thin and fit
#thinspo
#thininspiration
#fitspo #motivation
#hipbones
#finspo#fitspiration
#skinnyisbeautiful
ARE PEOPLE REALLY SHOWING INTEREST IN HAVING A THIGH GAP?
IS SOCIAL MEDIA REALLY FUELLING GIRLS’ TOWARDS THE DANGEROUS “THIGH GAP” OBSESSION?
“THIGH - GAP”
REASONS CITED FOR/AGAINST HAVING A THIGH GAP?FOR AGAINST
Beauty is not having a6 pack or a thigh gap
Sexiest Look
Skinny is Beautiful
Celebrity Impact
Peer Impact
No more friction burn when walking long distance in shorts
Luring young womento eating disorders
1945 Miss America finalists, none of these women have thigh gaps
Self harm to ones diet
Maintaining a fit and curvy is better
UNITEDSTATES
CANADAUK
NETHERLANDS
OTHERS REGIONS TALKING THE MOST ON
THIGH GAP
NOTE:A total of 3 thousand social media conversations analyzed in July.Geography considered: GlobalPeriod of analysis: July 15 to July 21, 2014
Simplify360’s proprietary listening tool is used for collecting the data and counting the number of mentions for each company.