Youth are disproportionately high Internet and social media users, with up to 89 % of 18–29 year olds using a social network site (Brenner and Smith 2013). In recent years, Internet usage has increased exponentially, with 93 % of teenagers now possessing Internet access at home (Madden et al. It ends with suggestions for future research among adolescents within the proposed framework. Finally, drawing on these five theories, it presents an integrated model and proposes a framework within which to ground research focusing on the relationships between Internet and social media use, and body image concerns and eating pathology. Specifically, it critically evaluates sociocultural theory, feminist and self-objectification theory, impression management theory, social identity theory, and gratification theory. It reviews five important theoretical models of the development of body image concerns and eating pathology and discusses their usefulness as frameworks within which to explore the relationships between Internet and social media use and body image concerns and eating pathology. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to provide an analysis of the different theoretical contexts in which Internet use may be studied, and propose an integrative framework for research among adolescents.
However, to date, considerations of theoretical perspectives that might guide this direction of research are lacking. The last decade has seen a huge rise in Internet use, including social media, particularly among youth, and preliminary evidence of a relationship between Internet use and increased body image concerns and eating pathology has emerged.
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