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Reema Rattan, Liam Armstrong, Carly Dober and Judith Peppard
How do I look, what should I eat? Young people using and being used by social media
1 seconds Posted Mar 22, 2018 at 7:00 am.
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First up, researcher in the Centre for Emotional Health at Macquarie University, Jasmine Fardouly unpacks some of the negative effects of what have been called 'social media comparisons' on young women's self-perception and personal worth.Then, Teresa Davis, a specialist in consumer behavior and social marketing from the University of Sydney, talks about the ways that junk food brands try to cuddle up to kids on-line.