Self-Exposure of Physical Exercises Practitioners on Social Media Communication and the Relationship with Consumption
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https://doi.org/10.33732/ixc/11/01AautoeKeywords:
Communication, Self Exposure, Social Media, Physical Exercises, ConsumptionAbstract
This research proposes to understand the relationship between the self-exposure of physical exercise practitioners on social media communication and consumption. To this end, we sought to identify the motivations for self-exposure of physical exercise practitioners on social media; identify the types of products consumed that are related to self-exposure on social media, and verify the influence between self-exposure of physical exercise practitioners on social media and consumption. Qualitative research was applied, aided by semi-structured interviews and by the projective autodriving technique. Twelve men who practice physical exercises in gyms were interviewed. Three categories emerged from the results: exhibitionism, encouraging healthy living and personal fulfillment as antecedents for the self-exposure of physical activity practitioners on social media, and the consumption of food, electronic, sports clothing, applications, and software products was identified, as a way to help the best image that will be exposed. Through the development of a framework, it was found that the self-exposure of the image influences both self-consumption and the consumption of followers. In addition, the concept of conspicuous consumption was broadened by relating the exposure of the conquest of the fitness body as an acquired good that provides social status.
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