Igerkreacja: psychologiczny obraz użytkowników Instagrama
Igercreation: psychological image of Instagram users

Author(s): Anna Pyszkowska
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: Instagram is a social media that refers to the right thumb mentality, based on the need ofquick gratification, commercialization, high technologization, rationality, hedonism and individualization. The study has been exploratory and its aim has been to measure variables such as: self-esteem, well-being, shyness and body image amongst Instagram users in Poland. 205 people have taken part in the study (including 151 women, mean age: 23, SD=5,2). Those who publish photographs several times per month exhibit higher self-esteem than those who publish several times per week (p<0,05, Z: –2,33). Those who publish daily value personal development more than people who publish rarely (p<0,05, Z: 2,24). The research shows that the bigger social physique anxiety, the lower sense of self-acceptance, especially amongst women (correlation: –0,4). The medium correlation between shyness and self-esteem (0,4) raises the question of the boundary between real and virtual self. The results obtained suggest that there is a difference between the self-creation in real life and the virtual one – Instagram can be not only a place for self-presentation, it can also be a place for compensation.

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