Analysis Of Ariadna Gutierrez's Instagram Photos
Application #2 People choose carefully when deciding what to upload on social media. Many psychologists would view Instagram posts as a hidden symbolic meaning. In this application, I decided to use Ariadna Gutierrez’s Instagram photos as my object of interest. Ariadna Gutierrez is well known as Miss Colombia 2016 and the poor contestant that was accidentally named Miss Universe 2016. After given the crown for merely a few minutes, she was suddenly ripped from her dreams. Specifically, I wanted to look much deeper into three Instagram photos posts; her very first Instagram post, the day of the Miss Universe competition, and five weeks after the competition.
According to Freud’s theory, Ariadna Gutierrez’s posts represents her super ego. The …show more content…
Her images represent her individual uniqueness towards the self-created goal of the “perfect Colombian women.” Her Instagram account is her creative power. The definition of creative power of the individual is, “the process by which we each make original conceptions of ourselves and our world as we develop a style of life for pursuing the three tasks” (Adler, 1932). She is able to portray her life as extremely wealthy and extravagant. Her attire is nothing but the best, and her body is a shrine that any Colombian women would die to have. In that sense, Ariadna’s Instagram account strives for superiority. Striving for superiority is a common motive that society places on one another. It is considered the universal psychological phenomenon that includes the goals toward perfection, security, and strength (Adler, 1932). Ariadna’s post show her aim for perfection and she strives to be the perfect person. Her perfect image throughout her Instagram post could be considered a way to compensate for her inferiority. It could be that she feels inclined to look a certain way to be the best representation of Colombian’s beauty. Adler would say that anything that was filtered or concealed any possible flaw would be a way to compensate for her inferiority. She fears the chance of not representing her country well, and not being able to meet people’s
According to Freud’s theory, Ariadna Gutierrez’s posts represents her super ego. The …show more content…
Her images represent her individual uniqueness towards the self-created goal of the “perfect Colombian women.” Her Instagram account is her creative power. The definition of creative power of the individual is, “the process by which we each make original conceptions of ourselves and our world as we develop a style of life for pursuing the three tasks” (Adler, 1932). She is able to portray her life as extremely wealthy and extravagant. Her attire is nothing but the best, and her body is a shrine that any Colombian women would die to have. In that sense, Ariadna’s Instagram account strives for superiority. Striving for superiority is a common motive that society places on one another. It is considered the universal psychological phenomenon that includes the goals toward perfection, security, and strength (Adler, 1932). Ariadna’s post show her aim for perfection and she strives to be the perfect person. Her perfect image throughout her Instagram post could be considered a way to compensate for her inferiority. It could be that she feels inclined to look a certain way to be the best representation of Colombian’s beauty. Adler would say that anything that was filtered or concealed any possible flaw would be a way to compensate for her inferiority. She fears the chance of not representing her country well, and not being able to meet people’s