The present study explores how the construction and distribution of selfies might interact with features of newer media to affect women who share selfies on social media. In particular, this study focuses on how specific types of photo modification and the nature of favorable audience feedback received on one’s images might exert influence on women’s state self-objectification and body image concerns. A 3 × 2 between-subjects lab experiment was conducted to explore how the type of photo modification (appearance modifications, nonappearance modifications, or no modifications [control]) and nature of positive feedback (appearance comments vs. nonappearance comments) affect state self-objectification, state appearance satisfaction, pro-cosmetic surgery attitudes, and willingness to distribute selfies on social media in the future. Results indicate that modifying selfies leads to less appearance satisfaction and lower pro-cosmetic surgery attitudes. Receiving appearance comments on selfies heightens state self-objectification, regardless of the type of photo modification. In addition, the more women self-objectified, the more inclined they were to share similarly objectifying selfies on social media in the future. The findings of this work provide a more comprehensive understanding of how women are impacted by the images they share online.

本研究探讨自拍照的构建和分发如何与新型媒体的功能相互作用，以影响在社交媒体上共享自拍照的女性。尤其是，这项研究着眼于特定类型的照片修改以及在一个人的图像上收到的良好观众反馈的性质可能如何影响女性的状态自我客观化和对身体图像的关注。进行了一个3×2的受试者间实验室实验，以探索照片修饰的类型（外观修饰，不外观修饰或不修饰[对照]）和正反馈的性质（外观评论与非外观评论）如何影响状态自目标化，状态外观满意度，美容师的手术态度以及将来在社交媒体上分发自拍的意愿。结果表明，修改自拍照会导致外观满意度降低和美容手术前的态度降低。不管照片修改的类型如何，在自拍照上接收外观注释都可以增强状态的自我客观性。此外，女性自我定位的对象越多，将来越倾向于在社交媒体上分享同样具有客观意义的自拍照。这项工作的发现可以更全面地了解女性如何受到她们在线分享的图像的影响。将来他们越倾向于在社交媒体上分享类似的客观自拍照。这项工作的发现可以更全面地了解女性如何受到她们在线分享的图像的影响。将来他们越倾向于在社交媒体上分享类似的客观自拍照。这项工作的发现可以更全面地了解女性如何受到她们在线分享的图像的影响。