Young men's subjective health in relation to Instagram : A study on masculinity on Instagram.

There is no secret that we now spend more time than ever on our phones. Today, social media is an important part of our daily lives, and many people's lives revolve around numerous applications. As a result, many people's social networks are heavily reliant on these apps. Being continually connected to various applications might have an impact on an individual's subjective health in relation to Instagram. With the support of prior studies on the social media platform Instagram, we can see how comments and photographs published on Instagram have influenced young women's subjective health. It indicates that young women suffer from feelings such as worry and low self-esteem, as well as eating disorders, which might be related to their use of Instagram. The goal of this study is to determine whether young males face subjective health problems as a result of their use of social media, Instagram. Also discussed in this paper is the impact of masculine illustration and representation on Instagram on young men. This study is based on societal expectations that emerge from Instagram, in order to acquire a more comprehensive knowledge of Instagram and men's perceived subjective health. This qualitative paper based of semi-structured interviews with young men aged 20 to 25 years old finds no definitive link between young men's health and their perception of masculinity on Instagram. However, all participants express concern that Instagram may have a destructive impact on their subjective health. For the reason that these individuals state that they are continuously subliminally attempting to showcase their masculinity on Instagram. This is accomplished by using ideas and concepts from Goffman's dramaturgical point of view, Connell's masculinity theory, and Mead's symbolic interaction