Social comparison

&
envy on social media
 • a process in which people compare themselves about
their own attitudes, abilities, and traits with the others.

Two main types of social comparison

Upward comparison
• Compare with the others who are more superior
• Thought to be more negative feelings
• Equivocal
• can motivate us, set new goals, and raise our
competitive spirit.
• can also lead to feelings of failure and low self-
esteem
Downward comparison
• Compare with the others who are more inferior
• makes us feel better about ourselves
• will have the result of lowering the status of the
target
• could lessen the anxiety and produce a pleasant
impact
87% of women 65% of men

they compared their bodies to those they saw when consuming

social and traditional media
 The commonly referenced quote 'comparison is the thief of joy' is
often attributed to Theodore Roosevelt.

 we may be left with feelings of inferiority or superiority

 neither creates an emotionally healthy human being!

 Envy on social media

• resentful feeling against people of a higher social class or pain at another's good fortune

• The rise of social media has had many benefits but also given rise to social media envy when users
perceive the perfect lives of others – even though they are rarely as perfect as they seem on the
surface

• an individual begins to develop feelings of envy while using

social media

• this envy leads to symptoms of depression.

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 The only thing is that the effects of the comparison depend only on our mind.

 You might overlook your own achievements because you feel you must accomplish what
someone else has.
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