Instagram recently announced an addition to its already stringent censorship policy: it is enabled to demote from its "Explore" page anything that it deems "inappropriate," regardless of whether it ...

Concordia University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Universitié Concordia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Women make up the majority ...

Nowadays, Instagram is one of the biggest and most successful social media networks in the world with more than 1 billion active monthly users online. The platform has also become a source of income ...

Women post black and white selfies to show appreciation for one another. But some say the campaign ignores another, more somber campaign from Turkey. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV ...

Though Instagram is the home of many accounts focused on positive body image, it also hosts a substantial amount of content that can promote disordered eating. New research published in the journal ...

The "Challenge Accepted" social media trend sees women sharing black and white selfies with a message about women supporting women. Women are encouraged to tag other women in their posts to keep the ...

Instagram followers count can serve as a form of cache, a status symbol — or is simply just a number to some. For celebrities, their number of followers can mean more than just their online reach. It ...

The "Women Supporting Women" challenge has taken over Instagram feeds this week. The challenge initially appeared to be focused on empowering women via a black-and-white portrait. Now, there's debate ...

A campaign that purports to be about “women supporting women” is filling people’s Instagram feeds with striking, if opaque, imagery. By Taylor Lorenz Over the past several days, many Instagram feeds ...

In September, a Facebook whistleblower revealed research to The Wall Street Journal suggesting that Instagram use negatively impacted teen girls’ body image. The government and public seemed surprised ...