Instagram Removes Content Promoting Self-Harm

Instagram has taken recent cues from the website known as Tumblr when it comes to promoting a healthy, positive social media community. Tumbler recently banished all content that promoted any type of self-harm.

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Scientists Develop Scoring System for Photoshopped Ads

Some eating disorder experts have expressed concern over the use of airbrushing and Photoshop to alter the reality appearing in magazine advertisements. Many eating disorder patients talk about how comparing their bodies to those of models and celebrities in magazines have contributed to their disordered eating behavior patterns.

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Peer Pressure May Be Strong Influence on Sexting Behaviors

Teens sext because their friends do, and may put on the pressure, says a CBS article. As methods for sexting increase, a primary way to help teens avoid becoming involved in sexting remains the same – through targeted, in-depth conversation about the dangers of sexting.

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American Medical Association Calls for Limits to Photoshopping

In the magazine industry, Photoshopping has become rampant. Images are never what they seem; women who seem too beautiful or too thin to be real probably aren’t. Because teens and children may not be able to understand the extent to which pictures have been altered, they may expect that they should be able to pull off a similar look as they grow older.

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