Media is the main means of mass communication regarded collectively, such as television, radio, newspapers, and the internet. Around 1997 the first internet social media site came into existence. By 2003, 24% of the population were social media users. Social media by definition is a form of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos) (Merriam-Webster). Social media usage is at its highest in the United States history with 78% of the population actively using it, that is an 11% spike since 2014 (Statista). Applications like Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr as well as websites like Facebook are all assisting in bringing political, economic,
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The “Free the Nipple” movement is a campaign against women’s body objectification where a woman is liberated from her oppressing societal norms. In response to the societal models prohibiting women to freely expose their bodies, women have uploaded images of themselves breastfeeding or modestly showing their nipples as a form of awareness. Women have re-posted images of themselves and others on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram to support the movement. However, Instagram as well as other media outlets have censored some images due to its policies and the founder’s opposition to the movement. For example, if you search #freethenipple you might not find any images or merely discover posts where women are covered in male breasts or using T-shirts with drawn-on nipples. According to Instagram and other applications, posts displaying a woman’s nipple or her genital area may be offensive to other users, such allegations have given them the right to prohibit and erase posts. As explained by Instagram, the content erased could've included “abusive …show more content…
Since 7:00 A.M. to now (6:30 P.M. May 7, 2016), #Breastfeeding has been used 186 times (Hashtags.org). Tumblr, a social networking and blog type website, is one of the application that does not eliminate posts or pictures with nudity content as opposed to websites like Instagram which removes all content involved with nudity, including pictures of women breastfeeding (if they see it or if it is reported). One woman posted a picture breastfeeding her child while walking in the store and dispersed across diverse social media accounts with shares and comments. The post has received a total of 43,508 shares, 331 likes, and more than 100 comments. However, not all comments showed support for the movement as one man commented that he was sick of seeing breastfeeding posts and that the only people to see a woman’s breast should be the husband and child. To his dismay, several people responded to him by stating that the problem was that he automatically assumed she was in a heterosexual relationship in addition to the stereotype that to have a baby she should be married. As well, he automatically sexualized the woman’s body, even though the ‘real’ purpose of women’s breasts are to provide food and nutrition to their
The “Free the Nipple” movement is a campaign against women’s body objectification where a woman is liberated from her oppressing societal norms. In response to the societal models prohibiting women to freely expose their bodies, women have uploaded images of themselves breastfeeding or modestly showing their nipples as a form of awareness. Women have re-posted images of themselves and others on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram to support the movement. However, Instagram as well as other media outlets have censored some images due to its policies and the founder’s opposition to the movement. For example, if you search #freethenipple you might not find any images or merely discover posts where women are covered in male breasts or using T-shirts with drawn-on nipples. According to Instagram and other applications, posts displaying a woman’s nipple or her genital area may be offensive to other users, such allegations have given them the right to prohibit and erase posts. As explained by Instagram, the content erased could've included “abusive …show more content…
Since 7:00 A.M. to now (6:30 P.M. May 7, 2016), #Breastfeeding has been used 186 times (Hashtags.org). Tumblr, a social networking and blog type website, is one of the application that does not eliminate posts or pictures with nudity content as opposed to websites like Instagram which removes all content involved with nudity, including pictures of women breastfeeding (if they see it or if it is reported). One woman posted a picture breastfeeding her child while walking in the store and dispersed across diverse social media accounts with shares and comments. The post has received a total of 43,508 shares, 331 likes, and more than 100 comments. However, not all comments showed support for the movement as one man commented that he was sick of seeing breastfeeding posts and that the only people to see a woman’s breast should be the husband and child. To his dismay, several people responded to him by stating that the problem was that he automatically assumed she was in a heterosexual relationship in addition to the stereotype that to have a baby she should be married. As well, he automatically sexualized the woman’s body, even though the ‘real’ purpose of women’s breasts are to provide food and nutrition to their