Perfect: Feeling Judged on Social Media

by Rosalind Gill

Book Overview

Social media is replete with images of 'perfection'. But many are unrealistic and contribute to a pervasive sense of never being good enough: not thin enough; not pretty enough; not cool enough. Try too hard and you risk being condemned for being 'attention-seeking', don't try hard enough and you're slacking.

Rosalind Gill challenges polarized perspectives that see young women as either passive victims of social media or as savvy digital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509549714
• ISBN13: 9781509549719
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"