Suffering by comparison: Twitter users' reactions to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 648-652

  Chrisler, Joan C ^a   Fung, Kaitlin T ^a   Lopez, Alexandra M ^a   Gorman, Jennifer A ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating disorders; Media; Social comparison theory; Tweets; Twitter; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDER; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDIA; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY; TWEETS; TWITTER;

BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; MEDIA; SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY; TWEETS; TWITTER; WOMEN;

BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884530221     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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