Eine Studie ergab, dass die Nutzung sozialer Medien positiv mit Selbstobjektivierung verbunden ist, insbesondere mit Körperüberwachung und einigen Bedenken hinsichtlich des Körperbildes (z. B. Körperscham, Körperachtung).

Tracks with what we see across image-heavy platforms. Self-objectification is basically living with a spectator in your head, and body surveillance is the constant check of how you look to others. When your feed is a rolling highlight reel of lean waists and chiseled jaws, body shame and lower body esteem aren’t a weird outcome, they’re the default.

Causality is messy. People already worried about appearance use social media more, and heavy exposure then amps the worry. Longitudinal work finds a bit of both, but the effect is consistently stronger on visual apps like Instagram and TikTok than on text-first spaces. It’s not just minutes online, it’s what fills those minutes and whether the algorithm keeps serving idealized bodies.

Low-tech buffers help in studies and in life. Curate hard toward skills, humor, nature. Hide like counts, unfollow physique accounts, mute weight-loss content, cap daily exposure, and keep real-world movement and sleep steady. Same phone, very different headspace.