Today in Costa Rica, my
country, the beauty contest Miss Costa Rica, where they would choose the winner
that will go to represent our country in Miss Universe. My twitter, as every
year, was really into the event, and most of my TimeLine was watching the
contest while expressing opinions, reviews, and jokes on their tweets.
Miss Costa Rica and my
TimeLine gave me an idea to write about. During the event I noticed how most of
the people were twitting critical reviews about the participants, what they
were doing well or bad. Who taught us to do that? How did we know as public
what was wrong or bad? Media has taught us that. We know what to expect because
we have learned it throughout media.
Especially in our
social media era, the spread of concepts, culture, and behaviors is way easier.
Information travels and arrives really quickly to its destinations, and our
social definitions have changed throughout time and we as well along those
concepts. In an effort to get social recognition we try to follow the beauty
standards as much as we can (especially the women), and social media is a great tool for that.
According to the
website Psychology Today, “Social media presents you with countless
opportunities (if not demands) to describe in words or pictures your physical
attributes. On online dating sites, potential romantic partners may scrutinize
what you say about your personality, interests, and background, but it’s more
likely that they’ll decide whether or not to follow up with you on the basis of
your picture.”
Social networks are
definitely a communication tool, we express ourselves, we share, and we chat.
What is beauty? It is said that the beauty is in the eye of the beholder… well,
social media makes us the beholders, and we are in this era whether to keep
those concepts or change them.
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