'Zining' the Female Body: An Exploration of the Affective Dispositions of DLSU (Laguna) Generation Z Female Students toward the Representations of Female Bodies on Instagram

• Main Author: Adornado, Eizel Beatrice E.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: female bodies; Instagram; affective disposition; Generation Z; digital comic zine
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2023/arts_da/7; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/1796/viewcontent/PP_DA_Adornado___Eizel_Beatrice_Adornado.docx.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This art research explores the affective dispositions of Generation Z female students toward the representations of female bodies on Instagram. In particular, the study employs three analytical variables: perceptions, attitudes, and self-confidence, to understand participants’ affective dispositions. The research process involves data gathering through a survey questionnaire, followed by an interview, and, finally, the production of a digital comic zine depicting the affective dispositions of female students. The study finds that the representation of female bodies on Instagram has negative effects on Generation Z females’ perceptions, attitudes and self-confidence due to the perpetuation of unrealistic beauty standards, social comparison, and body dissatisfaction. In response to this, the researcher produces a comic zine as an alternative medium to communicate the affective dispositions of female participants and, ultimately, challenge the representations of female bodies perpetuated by mainstream media.