Health - Mental Health and

Social Media Platforms

The Future is Real Movement

Charlotte Koberg, Hanna Taylor, Kayly Kethcart,

Rachel Hollenbeck, & Wesley Kitchens
 Social media platforms are negatively affecting
Issue the mental health of adolescents and young
adults. The use of filters and the editing of
pictures creates unrealistic beauty standards that

How social media the platforms users often compare themselves to.

affects mental health

(Zarrabi)
 We want social media platforms to be a positive
environment for all users. In order to do that,
How will our there must be laws and regulations in place to
eliminate the use of photo filters and editing. Our
organization help? plan is to not only bring awareness to the issue,
but to create laws that protect adolescents and
young adults from the mental health issues that
arise from the current structure of all social
media platforms.

(World-wire)
Campaign
#KillTheFilter
October 6th, 2022

(Rodulfo)

As the presence of social media has grown, extreme

face and body altering filters have taken over every
platform making it impossible to escape the
unrealistic standards set by top performing
influencers.

Join us at the Future is Real Movement on National

#KillTheFilter day to raise awareness against filters
(Moyer)
and encourage everyone to post their most authentic
self!
Slogan:

Be You.
(FreePik)

“Be You” as a slogan is simple, to the point, and

easy to remember and understand. We wanted to
create a slogan that is also relatable because
everyone just wants to be “enough”.

Our slogan will bring awareness to our

organization and our movement with minimal
effort while maintaining an encouraging message
to our target audience.
Target Audience The Future is Real Movement is all about bringing
reality to social media, specifically for the younger
audiences. We want to reach children - college
age individuals that are on social media. We have
found that many children/school aged children
are suffering from mental health struggles due to
the overuse of social media and filters. Not only
do we want to reach the individuals affected, but
we also want to get the word out to the parents.
With the help of the parents this is where
different usage restrictions can be put in place.
Our plan to reach our target audience is through
posters in schools, ads on social media, a trending
hashtag, and promoting new platforms like
BeReal, whose whole purpose is filter-free and
(Hawaii Pacific Health) real, genuine photos.
Image References
— “Free Photo: Cute Boy Smiling in Mirror.” Freepik, 31 July 2020,
https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/cute-boy-smiling-mirror_9469872.htm
- How parents can use social media challenges to spark safety conversations with kids. Hawaii Pacific Health.
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-challenges-to-spark-safety-conversations-with-kids/
- Moyer, Madison. “How Do Filters and Photo Effects Affect Teens' Mental Health? .” The Wave, 2 Mar.
2022,
https://themiawave.org/7703/uncategorized/how-do-filters-and-photo-effects-affect-teens-mental-heal
th/.
—Rajalakshmi. “Social Media Regulations and Laws: What You Need to Know”. World Wire, 26 July 2022,
https://world-wire.com/social-media-regulations-and-laws-what-you-need-to-know/
—Rodulfo, Kristina. “It's Easier than Ever to Make a New Face on Social Media. but Is It Killing Your
Confidence?” Women's Health Magazine, 13 Aug. 2020,
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/beauty/a33264141/face-filters-mental-health-effect/.
—Zarrabi, Gisoo. “Social Media and Youth Mental Health.” Harbor Psychiatry & Mental Health, 3 May 2021,
https://harbormentalhealth.com/2021/05/03/social-media-and-youth-mental-health/.