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Magazine article
‘No filter can fix that face’: how online body shaming harms teenage girls
The Conversation, Vol.29 July 2025
2025
Appears in Thompson Institute Research Collection
Abstract
These are the sorts of comments teenage girls see online daily, via social media, group chats, or anonymous messages. While some may dismiss this as teasing, these comments constitute appearance-related cyberbullying.
Our previous research shows appearance-related cyberbullying is one of the most common and harmful forms of online abuse of young people. It not only hurts feelings – it changes how teens, particularly girls, see themselves.
In a new study, we’ve looked at brain images of teenage girls viewing appearance-related cyberbullying. We’ve found even just being exposed to online body shaming directed at others can activate regions of the brain linked to emotional pain and social threat.
Details
- Title
- ‘No filter can fix that face’: how online body shaming harms teenage girls
- Authors
- Taliah Prince - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson InstituteDaniel Hermens - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.29 July 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.kjjpqawcf
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991148038702621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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