Psicologia di Instagram

[Autom. eng. transl.] Currently, Instagram is among the fastest growing social networks in Italy and certainly among the most loved by young people. Its distinctive feature is the image. It is a platform that focuses on the creation of photos and videos giving rise to real virtual diaries through which it is possible to tell about oneself. Undoubtedly, it is the main socialization tool among adolescents and has brought about important changes on a personal and social level. Young people have in their hands a powerful tool that offers many opportunities and as many risks. But do we know what happens on that platform? Instagram is now an integral part of the lives of young people, but not only, and is intertwined with some fundamental aspects of their development such as self-research, the construction of identity, social comparison, self-esteem, body development and corporeality. But how? And what are the effects? Digital education is the first step to ensure a safe and responsible use of the platform: the purpose of this book is to provide a psychological reading of Instagram in order to understand its unfolding in the delicate phase of self-research, typical of adolescents. Inside the volume there is also a contract for your children to sign before signing up for Instagram with an in-depth information sheet for teenagers and parents.