Uma ungenangqondo ku-Instagram noma ku-Facebook noma nini lapho unesikhathi samahhala, awuwedwa. Kodwa ingabe wake wazibuza ukuthi zonke lezo zithombe zemizimba yabanye abantu (noma ngabe isithombe seholide lomngane wakho noma isithombe ozishuthe sona osaziwayo) zingathinta kanjani indlela ozibuka ngayo ngokwakho?
Muva nje, isimo esinezindinganiso zobuhle ezingenangqondo ezindabeni ezidumile siyashintsha. Amamodeli azacile ngokwedlulele awasaqashwa, futhi izinkanyezi ezicwebezelayo zekhava ziya ngokuya zithintwa kabusha. Manje njengoba sesibona osaziwayo hhayi kuphela kumakhava, kodwa nakuma-akhawunti ezinkundla zokuxhumana, kulula ukucabanga ukuthi izinkundla zokuxhumana zinomthelela ongemuhle emqondweni wethu ngomzimba wethu. Kepha iqiniso linezici eziningi, futhi kukhona ama-akhawunti e-Instagram akwenza ujabule, akugcina unethemba ngomzimba wakho, noma okungenani ungawumoshi.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi inkundla yezokuxhumana kanye nocwaningo lwesithombe somzimba lusasesigabeni salo sokuqala, futhi iningi lalolu cwaningo luyahambisana. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukufakazela, isibonelo, ukuthi i-Facebook yenza umuntu azizwe engalungile ngokubukeka kwakhe, noma ukuthi abantu abakhathazeke ngokubukeka kwabo abasebenzisa i-Facebook kakhulu. Sekushiwo lokho, ukusetshenziswa kwenkundla yezokuxhumana kubonakala kuhambisana nezinkinga zesithombe somzimba. Ukubuyekezwa okuhlelekile kwezindatshana ezingama-20 ezishicilelwe ngo-2016 kwathola ukuthi imisebenzi yezithombe, njengokuskrola ku-Instagram noma ukuthumela izithombe zakho, bekuyinkinga kakhulu uma kukhulunywa ngemicabango engemihle ngomzimba wakho.
Kodwa kunezindlela eziningi ezahlukene zokusebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana. Ingabe uvele ubukele okuthunyelwa abanye noma uyahlela futhi ulayishe isithombe ozishuthe sona? Ingabe ulandela abangani abasondelene nomndeni noma uhlu losaziwayo kanye namasaluni wobuhle abathonya? Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukuthi ubani esiziqhathanisa naye kuyisici esibalulekile. “Abantu baqhathanisa ukubukeka kwabo nabantu abaku-Instagram nanoma iyiphi inkundla abakuyo, futhi ngokuvamile bazibona bephansi,” kusho uJasmine Fardouli, umcwaningi waseMacquarie University eSydney.
Ocwaningweni lwabafundi besifazane basenyuvesi abangama-227, abesifazane babike ukuthi bavame ukuqhathanisa ukubukeka kwabo namaqembu ontanga nosaziwayo, kodwa hhayi kumalungu omndeni, lapho bephequlula i-Facebook. Iqembu lokuqhathanisa elalinobudlelwane obuqine kakhulu nezinkinga zesithombe somzimba kwakungabangane abakude noma abantu obajwayele. U-Jasmine Fardouli uchaza lokhu ngokuthi abantu bethula uhlobo olulodwa lwempilo yabo ku-inthanethi. Uma wazi kahle umuntu, uzoqonda ukuthi ubonisa izikhathi ezingcono kakhulu kuphela, kodwa uma kungumuntu ojwayelene naye, ngeke ube nanoma yiluphi olunye ulwazi.
Ithonya elibi
Uma kukhulunywa ngebanga elibanzi labathonya, akuzona zonke izinhlobo zokuqukethwe ezidalwa zilingana.
Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi izithombe “ze-fitspiration”, ezivame ukukhombisa abantu abahle bezivocavoca, noma okungenani ukuzenza, zingakwenza ube nzima kuwena. U-Amy Slater, uprofesa osebenza naye eNyuvesi yaseNtshonalanga yeNgilandi, washicilela ucwaningo ngo-2017 lapho abafundi besifazane abangu-160 babuka izithombe ze- #fitspo/#fitspiration, izingcaphuno zokuzithanda, noma ingxube yakho kokubili, ethathwe kuma-akhawunti wangempela e-Instagram. . Labo ababukele kuphela i-#fitspo bathole amaphuzu aphansi ngenxa yozwelo nokuzithanda, kodwa labo ababuke izingcaphuno ezinomzimba omuhle (njengokuthi “uphelele ngendlela oyiyo”) bazizwe bengcono ngabo futhi bacabanga kangcono ngemizimba yabo. Kulabo abacabangele kokubili okucashuniwe okungu-#fitspo kanye nokuzithanda, izinzuzo zalokhu kwamuva zibonakala zidlula izinto ezimbi zangaphambili.
Kolunye ucwaningo olwanyatheliswa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, abacwaningi babonise abesifazane abasebasha abangu-195 noma izithombe ezivela kuma-akhawunti adumile akhuthaza umzimba afana no-@bodyposipanda, izithombe zabesifazane abancane abagqoke amabhikini noma amamodeli okufaneleka, noma izithombe zemvelo ezingathathi hlangothi. Abacwaningi bathole ukuthi abesifazane ababuke #bodypositive izithombe ku-Instagram bakhulise ukwaneliseka ngemizimba yabo.
“Le miphumela inikeza ithemba lokuthi kukhona okuqukethwe okuwusizo ekuboneni umzimba womuntu siqu,” kusho u-Amy Slater.
Kodwa kukhona okuphambene ezithombeni zomzimba ezinhle—zisagxile emizimbeni. Ucwaningo olufanayo lwathola ukuthi abesifazane ababone izithombe ezinomzimba omuhle namanje bagcine beziphikisa. Le miphumela itholwe ngokucela ababambe iqhaza ukuthi babhale izitatimende eziyishumi ngabo ngemuva kokubuka izithombe. Lapho izitatimende zigxila kakhulu ekubukekeni kwakhe kunamakhono noma ubuntu bakhe, yilapho lo mhlanganyeli ethambekele ekuzifuneni kwakhe okuthile.
Kunoma yikuphi, uma kuziwa ekulungiseni ukubukeka, khona-ke ngisho nokugxeka ukunyakaza komzimba okuhle kubonakala kulungile. “Kumayelana nokuthanda umzimba, kodwa kusagxilwe kakhulu ekubukekeni,” kusho uJasmine Fardouli.
Selfies: ukuzithanda?
Uma kukhulunywa ngokuthumela izithombe zethu ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, izithombe ozishuthe zona zivame ukuthatha indawo ephambili.
Ocwaningweni olushicilelwe ngonyaka owedlule, uJennifer Mills, uprofesa osebenza naye eYunivesithi yase-York eToronto, ucele abafundi besifazane ukuthi bathwebule isithombe ozishuthe sona basilayishe kuFacebook noma ku-Instagram. Iqembu elilodwa lingathatha isithombe esisodwa kuphela futhi lisilayishe ngaphandle kokuhlela, kuyilapho elinye iqembu lingathatha izithombe eziningi ngokuthanda kwabo futhi liphinde lizithinte lisebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza.
U-Jennifer Mills kanye nozakwabo bathola ukuthi bonke ababambiqhaza bazizwa bengathandeki futhi bengazethembi ngemva kokuthumela kunangesikhathi beqala ukuhlola. Ngisho nalabo ababevunyelwe ukuhlela izithombe zabo. “Ngisho noma bengenza umphumela ube ‘ngcono,’ basagxile kulokho abangakuthandi ngokubukeka kwabo,” kusho uJennifer Mills.
Amanye amalungu abefuna ukwazi ukuthi ngabe othile usithandile yini isithombe sakhe ngaphambi kokunquma ukuthi uzizwa kanjani ngokusithumela. “I-rollercoaster. Uzizwa ukhathazekile bese uthola isiqinisekiso kwabanye abantu sokuthi ubukeka umuhle. Kodwa mhlawumbe ayihlali unomphela bese uthatha enye i-selfie,” kusho uMills.
Emsebenzini odlule owashicilelwa ngo-2017, abacwaningi bathola ukuthi ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi benza izithombe ozishuthe zona ziphelele kungaba uphawu lokuthi ulwa nokunganeliseki komzimba.
Kodwa-ke, imibuzo emikhulu isasele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kanye nocwaningo lwesithombe somzimba. Umsebenzi omningi kuze kube manje ugxile kwabesifazane abasebasha, njengoba ngokwesiko beyiqembu leminyaka elithinteka kakhulu yizinkinga zesithombe somzimba. Kodwa ucwaningo olubandakanya amadoda seluyaqala ukukhombisa ukuthi nawo awavikelekile. Isibonelo, ucwaningo lwathola ukuthi amadoda abike ukuthi abuke izithombe zamadoda ze-#fitspo ngokuvamile athi maningi amathuba okuthi aqhathanise ukubukeka kwawo nabanye futhi akhathalele kakhulu imisipha yawo.
Ucwaningo lwesikhathi eside nalo luyisinyathelo esilandelayo esibalulekile ngoba ukuhlola kwaselabhorethri kunganikeza amazwibela wemiphumela engaba khona. "Asazi ngempela ukuthi izinkundla zokuxhumana zinethonya elikhulayo kubantu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi noma cha," kusho uFardowli.
Okufanele ngikwenze?
Ngakho-ke, ulawula kanjani okuphakelayo kwakho kwenkundla yezokuxhumana, imaphi ama-akhawunti okufanele uwalandele futhi angawalandeli? Ungawasebenzisa kanjani amanethiwekhi omphakathi ukuze ukucisha kungazizwa kubi?
UJennifer Mills unendlela eyodwa okufanele isebenzele wonke umuntu - beka phansi ucingo. Uthi: “Thatha ikhefu wenze ezinye izinto ezingahlangene nokubukeka nokuziqhathanisa nabanye abantu.
Okulandelayo ongakwenza wukucabangisisa ngokuthi ulandela bani. Uma ngokuzayo uskrola kokuphakelayo kwakho, uzithola uphambi kokusakaza okungapheli kwezithombe ezigxile ekubukekeni, engeza imvelo noma uvakashele kuyo.
Ekugcineni, ukusika inkundla yezokuxhumana ngokuphelele kuseduze nokungenakwenzeka kwabaningi, ikakhulukazi kuze kube yilapho imiphumela yesikhathi eside yokuyisebenzisa ingacacile. Kodwa ukuthola indawo ekhuthazayo, ukudla okumnandi, nezinja ezinhle ezizogcwalisa okuphakelayo kwakho kungase kukusize ukhumbule ukuthi kunezinto eziningi ezithakazelisayo kakhulu ekuphileni kunendlela obukeka ngayo.