Prompt: Students will be asked to investigate hashtags used to raise awareness a

Prompt: Students will be asked to investigate hashtags used to raise awareness about social issues. To successfully complete this project, students must submit an essay in APA format, where they will give an overview of the history behind these hashtags, their goals, their relevancy, and their impact on society. 
Filter I picked: #NoFilter 
#nofilter 
These have to be answered: 
Who – #NoFilter 
What – is a hashtag used on social media to indicate that no filter has been used, helps to communicate the authenticity of one’s photos 
When – 
Where – used mostly on Instagram 
Why – tells one’s followers that they do not need a filter. Also, to convince your followers that your physical appearance is completely natural and perfect. Effects people’s perception and reality on who you are and how you look 
How  – social media plays a huge role in people’s lives and play into their appearance and thoughts about their self thus affecting how they may think about their self-worth and exception 
Quote 1 & 2) 
“lying on photo editing techniques, like filtering, in order to receive more positive attention (i.e., likes, comments). Chae (2016) found that females who spent more time on SM sites had increased behaviours of self-editing photos.” 
“ These filters can alter pictures by intensifying shadows, brightening highlights, making the photo lighter, giving it a vintage look, smoothing/washing out skin tones, and countless other effects (Messiah, 2016).” 
(PDF) Exploring #nofilter Images When a Filter Has Been Used: Filtering the Truth on Instagram Through a Mixed Methods Approach Using Netlytic and Photo Analysis. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315903217_Exploring_nofilter_Images_When_a_Filter_Has_Been_Used_Filtering_the_Truth_on_Instagram_Through_a_Mixed_Methods_Approach_Using_Netlytic_and_Photo_Analysis#fullTextFileContent [accessed Apr 23 2024].
3) Quote 
“Recent findings suggested that it is not only exposure to typical forms of media (i.e., television, magazines, etc.) but also social media (SM) that is creating these unattainable, media-reinforced, societal body ideals and, thus, potentially contributing to increased body dissatisfaction, decreased self-esteem, increased negative mood states, and increased disordered eating behaviours.”
(Fardouly, Diedrichs, Vartanian & Halliwell, 2015; Lewallen & Behm-Morawitz, 2016; Kim & Chock, 2015; Sidani, Shensa, Hoffman, Hanmer & Primack, 2016)
Thesis: The #NoFilter provides a space for others to create an altered reality to feed into the ideal social media standard of appearance through the acts of editing and filtering photos. Thus constructing a plethora of difficulties for everyone using social media t, giving unrealistic expectations within body and appearance. 
Including issues with: 
Mental and physiological aspect
Body shamming 
Normalization on surgeries 
Creitetica and preference, in theis paper I will discuss how this #nofiliter 
Distinguish definition and my criteria 
This essay needs a 
Primary Argument: 
Supporting Argument: 
Counter Argument: 
Solution: 
I am not a writer who uses a lot of big words and my grammar is okay. I have included a paper I just did so that you can see how I write and mimic that. 
Also have a work cited page at the end, and if you find better quotes and sources please use others.