Shunzo422

Please leave me comments with your signature , Thank you Shunzo422 (talk) 00:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC) there are four problems about social comparison theory Wikipedia page so that I am considering modifying these parts mentioned below.

1. Media Section This Section needs more specific support from different research. It basically just states that women are more likely to engage in upward social comparisons but does not include a lot of specific research to support it. It seems opinion based and biased as well just in targeting women. Our group is planning on looking for articles that target involve social comparison in the media because our first articles that we included in our bibliography do not directly address social comparisons in the media. Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Romero, J. P. (2011). Body ideals in the media: Perceived attainability and social comparison choices. Media Psychology, 14(1), 27-48. Jones, D. (2001). Social comparison and body image: Attractiveness comparisons to models and peers among adolescent girls and boys. Sex Roles, 45(9-10), 645-664. Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Hastall, M. R. (2006). Social Comparisons With News Personae: Selective Exposure to News Portrayals of Same-Sex and Same-Age Characters. Communication Research, 33(4), 262-284.

2. Moderators of social comparison

   Aspinwall and Taylor (1993) demonstrated that mood, threat and self-esteem are 

moderators of directions of social comparison theories. However the wikipedia did not explain moderators of social comparison theory, and these moderators seem really crucial to decide direction of either upward or downward social comparison. Aspinwall, L. G., & Taylor, S E. (1993). Effects of social comparison direction, threat, and self-esteem on affect, self-evaluation, and expected success. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64(5), 708-722.

3. Elaboration of upward and downward social comparison In this section, there is more support from specific articles for downward social comparison than there is for upward social comparison. We plan on elaborating more on upward social comparison by first including a more clear definition of upward social comparison than what is currently on this page. We then plan on supporting this definition using specific examples from articles from our bibliography. Collins, R. L. (1995). For better or worse: The impact of upward social comparison on self-evaluations. Psychological Bulletin

4. Explanation of self enhancement and self evaluation

   Wikipedia page did not elaborate self-enhancement and self-evaluation part well. 

Wood (1989) explained these parts, and added more information about mechanism of the self-enhancement and related topic. Therefore our group decided to add more information about self-evaluation and self enhancement part in the wikipedia to provide clear and better information. Wood, J. V. (1989). Theory and research concerning social comparisons of personal attributes. Psychological Bulletin, 106(2), 231-248.

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