AP Research Portfolio 2021-2022

Jerence Aviado

About

Name: Jerence Aviado

Grade: 12

School: Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School

Background Information: Born and raised in a Filipino household of immigrants.

Passions: Reading, hiking, politics, paintball, guitar, anything tech related.

Future Aspirations: Becoming a software developer at a major Silicon Valley company.

Prep Journals

Over the course of the year, the focus of my research has entirely shifted. At first, I explored fashion in the realms of models, more specifically CGI models. However, I realized that CGI models were egregiously difficult to research in that there was a scarcity of research on the topic. Initially, my research question was "Will CGI models serve to benefit marketing campaigns for the fast fashion industry? ". Focusing on CGI models was already difficult as is but taking an even more niche approach such as this made it even more difficult. Looking for more options to focus on in the latter half of the year, I looked toward social media and body image as a more reasonable area of study as greater volumes of research existed for it. The prep journals that I did in order to prepare for the greater study are attached below highlighting the process that I was initially planning to go through with.

Copy of Jerence Aviado - PREP Journal 1 Topic of Inquiry - 2326545

PREP Journal 1

Copy of Jerence Aviado - PREP Journal 2 Purpose of Inquiry - 2326545

PREP Journal 2

Copy of PREP Journal 3: The Research Question

PREP Journal 3

Copy of Jerence Aviado - CWHW PREP Journal 4 RQ Revision - 2326545

PREP Journal 4

Jerence Aviado - PREP Journal 5 Choosing and aligning your method - 2326545

Copy of POD Slides

See slides 9-12 and slide 33 for Literature Review.

Introduction:

Focus of Inquiry: the impact of social media consumption duration and body image
Research Question: How does increasing exposure to social media affect personal body image/perception among students at Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School?
Hypothesis: Social media will negatively impact body image.
Assumption: Social media affects one's body image.
The Gap: The extent of influence of specific durations of social media usage on social media usage. Other studies exist on social media addiction, but do not focus on specific durations.

Literature Review

Source 1: Bergagna, Elisa, and Stefano Tartaglia. “Self-Esteem, Social Comparison, and Facebook Use.” Europe's journal of psychology vol. 14,4 831-845. 30 Nov. 2018, doi:10.5964/ejop.v14i4.1592

Source 2: Haand, Rahmatullah, and Zhao Shuwang. “The Relationship between Social Media Addiction and Depression: A Quantitative Study among University Students in Khost, Afghanistan.” Taylor & Francis, 5 Mar. 2020, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673843.2020.1741407.

Source 3: Qi, Wei, and Lijuan Cui. “Being Successful and Being Thin: The Effects of Thin-Ideal Social Media Images With High Socioeconomic Status on Women’s Body Image and Eating Behaviour.” Sage Journals, Sage Journals, 11 Feb. 2021, journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1017/prp.2017.16.

Findings:

positive correlation of these two factors by taking a group of women from East China Normal University between body image and exposure to models on WeChat, the most popular social networking platform in China through two sets of forty-five images.
In a study conducted by Rahmatullah Haand and Zhao Shuwang among students of universities in the Khost province of Afghanistan, found a positive correlation between depression and social media consumption.
self-esteem can be influenced by social media consumption. In a study conducted by the Department of Psychology at the University of Turin, Italy, under the supervision of Elisa Bergagna and Stefano Tartagliaa, a positive correlation was found between higher levels of facebook usage and levels of self esteem within a group of 250 university students.

Methodology:

Approach: Explore
Method: Survey Research
Design: Non-experimental
Google form with questions designed after existing body image indexes.
A convenience sample was taken from students of each grade at Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, California
- sent out to the entire student body
Sample consisted of 81 participants.
Limitations: Small sample size, unmethodical questions, no access to mental health indexes for evaluation of respondents, body image is a highly objective subject of study.

Discussion & Analysis

Definitions:
- Body Image: The combination of thoughts and feelings one might have about their body. According to the National Eating Disorders Association, this consists of personal perceptions and the way one may physically experience the body.

- Social Media: Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

Findings: there are five main findings taken from the results (each correlates with the images below)

- The majority of students find themselves on social media all the way from 5 to above 15 hours weekly.
- All 81 respondents used social media.
- Greater social media consumption correlates with greater satisfaction of body shape
- Greater social media consumption correlates with lower satisfaction of height
- Higher consumption correlates with greater satisfaction with facial features
- Higher consumption correlates with higher belief of impact of social media.

Analysis/Conclusion: From the small amount of data collected, it can be concluded that higher rates of consumption of social media, paradoxically, resulted in greater satisfaction with nearly all factors across the board. The only factor that did not correlate positively was height, which correlated negatively. These findings are significant in that they indicate the effect of a relatively new form of entertainment that has not yet been fully studied and allow people to understand that social media may not necessarily result in a negative perception of body image.

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