Self - image among adolescents in digital age

Silovit i nezaustavljiv rast društvenih mreža doveo je do toga da su one postale dio svakodnevnog života ljudi bez kojih bi postojanje bilo nezamislivo. Pandemija izazvana Korona virusom još je snažnije utjecala na širenje društvenih mreža i veću popularnost istih. Milijarde pojedinaca širom svijeta je umreženo i povezano kako bi međusobno komunicirali, surađivali, ali i objavljivali sadržaj, „lajkali“ i „tweetali“. Kao takve, društvene mreže su osobito popularne među djecom i adolescentima, koji velik dio svog vremena provode koristeći navedene društvene mreže. Upravo je adolescencija razdoblje otkrivanja i oblikovanja vlastitog identiteta, odnosno slike o sebi, a velik utjecaj na oblikovanje navedenog identiteta ima okolina pojedinca u koju sada spadaju i društvene mreže, budući da su i one postale dio njegove svakodnevice. Ovaj rad temeljit će se na spoznajama o slici o sebi kod adolescenata i društvenim mrežama, a cilj ovog rada je utvrditi njihovu međusobnu povezanost. Rezultati istraživanja navedenih u ovom radu većinom pokazuju negativnu korelaciju između korištenja društvenih mreža i slike o sebi, odnosno samopoštovanja. Tema ovog rada je relevantna jer je nedovoljno istraživanja koja se bave ovom tematikom te se ovim preglednim radom nastoji doprinijeti cjelovitijem i detaljnijem razumijevanju ovog područja.Torrential and unstoppable growth of social networks has led to them becoming part of the daily lives of people without whom existence would be unthinkable. The coronavirus pandemic has had an even stronger impact on the spread of social networks and their greater popularity. More than a billion individuals around the world are networked and connected to communicate with each other, collaborate, but also like, tweet and post. As such, social networks are particularly popular among children and adolescents, who spend much of their time using these social networks. Adolescence is a period of discovering and shaping one's own identity, i.e. self-image, and the environment of an individual, which now includes social networks, has a great influence on the shaping of this identity, since they have also become part of everyday life. This paper will be based on the knowledge of self-image in adolescents and social networks as well as on their interconnectedness. The results of several researches in this paper mostly show a negative correlation between the use of social networks and self-images, ie self-esteem. The topic of this paper is relevant because there are not many studies based on this connection, and this review paper seeks to contribute to a more complete and detailed understanding of this area