Instafamous: How teenage girls are using sex, selfies and social media to sell themselves online

Advertising agencies, Hollywood producers and music executives have long known that sex sells. And they’ve used this knowledge to peddle goods and entertainment to men, women and increasingly kids. Now teens are using that same principle to sell themselves.

 Nancy Jo Sales devoted two and a half years to researching her new book American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teen­agers. She visited 10 states and talked to more than 200 girls about everything from cyber-bullying to sexting.

Sales writes about teens on Tinder and middle schoolers casually exchanging nude photos that sometimes get posted to “slut pages.” And she describes how these teens are using sexy selfies not only to woo would-be suitors, but to improve their social standing.

Teens trying to garner the approval of their peers is nothing new, but it wasn’t until the social media age that they could actually quantify it. In 2016, being popular  means the most Instagram followers, Facebook friends and likes.

Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/instafamous-how-teenage-girls-are-using-sex-selfies-and-social-media-to-sell-themselves-online

Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/instafamous-how-teenage-girls-are-using-sex-selfies-and-social-media-to-sell-themselves-online