Amelia C Couture Bue
Biographic Data
| ID | 6481401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amelia C Couture Bue |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amelia C Couture |
| FAMILY NAME | Bue |
| SIGNATURE | BUE A C C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maine |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4488-1025 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The harmful effects of idealized Instagram content
Bopo or Bounce Back
In a society where "bounce back" culture (i.e. expectations to return to pre-baby weight) is normalized, and postpartum social media content often features thin-ideal imagery and videos, postpartum mothers are at risk of negative effects from social media exposure. Prior research indicates that exposure to fitspiration (#fitspo) content has adverse effects for postpartum individuals, but there is less evidence established in research of the effec…
Measuring Gaze
Empowerment-themed advertisements (ETAs) often pair ostensibly empowering narratives with objectification imagery. Existing research demonstrates that women do not report feeling empowered after viewing ETAs but cannot confirm why. In this study, 186 female participants were randomly assigned to view captions and/or photos from ETAs while their eye movements were recorded. The empowerment-themed captions increased women’s felt empowerment when pr…
“Be your best self – but be hot while doing it”
Influencers are pairing motivational captions with sexualized imagery in a recent Instagram trend. The negative impact of thin-ideal social media images paired with fitspiration captions (i.e. fitness-based captions) or disclaimer captions (i.e. warning labels) on women has been established; however, this study explored a new caption: the motivational caption. Unlike their accompanying images that emphasize a sexualized, thin-ideal body, motivati…
Empowerment-Themed Advertising Effects
Advertisements that ostensibly serve to empower women have become popular in recent years, but recent research calls into question the psychological effectiveness of these advertisements. While seemingly progressive, empowerment-themed advertisements (ETAs) often pair empowerment-themed narratives with objectifying visuals despite the established harmful effects of objectification in media. Though empowerment and objectification intuitively seem …
Media sensory curation and family media conflict
Media sensory curation theory conceptualizes sensory regulation within the built environment as a gratification of electronic media use and predictor of parent-child conflict over children’s media use. This paper replicates an initial survey of caregivers of children ages 3 to 14 with an independent replication survey of N = 754. As in the original study, media sensory curation was higher among children with sensory diagnoses (e.g., autism, ADHD)…
The looking glass selfie
Empowerment Sold Separately
Empowerment Sold Separately
The looking glass selfie
Media sensory curation and family media conflict
Media sensory curation theory conceptualizes sensory regulation within the built environment as a gratification of electronic media use and predictor of parent-child conflict over children’s media use. This paper replicates an initial survey of caregivers of children ages 3 to 14 with an independent replication survey of N = 754. As in the original study, media sensory curation was higher among children with sensory diagnoses (e.g., autism, ADHD)…
Empowerment-Themed Advertising Effects
Advertisements that ostensibly serve to empower women have become popular in recent years, but recent research calls into question the psychological effectiveness of these advertisements. While seemingly progressive, empowerment-themed advertisements (ETAs) often pair empowerment-themed narratives with objectifying visuals despite the established harmful effects of objectification in media. Though empowerment and objectification intuitively seem …
Measuring Gaze
Empowerment-themed advertisements (ETAs) often pair ostensibly empowering narratives with objectification imagery. Existing research demonstrates that women do not report feeling empowered after viewing ETAs but cannot confirm why. In this study, 186 female participants were randomly assigned to view captions and/or photos from ETAs while their eye movements were recorded. The empowerment-themed captions increased women’s felt empowerment when pr…
“Be your best self – but be hot while doing it”
Influencers are pairing motivational captions with sexualized imagery in a recent Instagram trend. The negative impact of thin-ideal social media images paired with fitspiration captions (i.e. fitness-based captions) or disclaimer captions (i.e. warning labels) on women has been established; however, this study explored a new caption: the motivational caption. Unlike their accompanying images that emphasize a sexualized, thin-ideal body, motivati…
Bopo or Bounce Back
In a society where "bounce back" culture (i.e. expectations to return to pre-baby weight) is normalized, and postpartum social media content often features thin-ideal imagery and videos, postpartum mothers are at risk of negative effects from social media exposure. Prior research indicates that exposure to fitspiration (#fitspo) content has adverse effects for postpartum individuals, but there is less evidence established in research of the effec…
The harmful effects of idealized Instagram content
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Media Influence and Health (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (3 works) · Empowerment (3 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (3 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (3 works) · Objectification (3 works)