Social Media and Body Image

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Afternoon Doctor Appointments, Airborne Plastics, Glass Cliff

Episode: Afternoon Doctor Appointments, Airborne Plastics, Glass Cliff

Nov 12, 2020 9:00 pm
14:38 mins

Guest: Sophia Choukas-Bradley, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh It's tricky to take a flattering selfie. You have to get the right angle, lighting, facial expression. But some women online – young women especially – look great in every picture. Is it because they’ve basically been posting photos to social media all of their lives? Or that they just put a lot more effort into making sure they look good in those photos? (Originally aired June 2, 2020)

Other Segments

Other Segments

Afternoon Doctor Appointments

17m

The next time you schedule a doctor’s appointment, you might want to make it for the morning.

National Park Service Dive Team

20m

The National Park Service has a team dedicated to caring for resources that are underwater.

Airborne Plastics

16m

We’ve got a problem with plastic in our oceans. But now it’s in our wind and rain, too.

Anxiety Screening

18m

Nearly half of American women will experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives.

Glass Cliff

18m

Most of these companies making commitments to do better on issues of race, have a lot of work to do when it comes to hiring and promoting people of color.