ABSTRACT
The development of social media is changing people's cognition and concept. The development and popularity of some concepts on social media, it has caused bad emotions in users, such as increasing concern for good looks, and well-proportioned bodies. The new aesthetic standards brought about by this concept have brought anxiety to many people in this regard. There are few previous studies on the classification and summary of the factors that produce these anxieties. This article attempts to explain from the perspective of communication and psychology the role of social media in promoting appearance and body image anxiety, such as personalized recommendation mechanisms and addiction; and how users as recipients of in-formation translate information into anxiety, such as social comparison and self-objectification. From a more detailed perspective, this article divides social media and users into two perspectives to discuss the related factors that cause appearance and body image anxiety, and finds more correlations among them, hoping to bring some help to the treatment of anxiety.
