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This letter extends the authors\u2019 call for more rigorous examination of social media use by arguing for greater specificity in conceptualizing digitally mediated appearance experiences. Rather than treating social media as a single exposure or relying on a broad passive\/active distinction, we propose examining configurations of content, communicative practices, interpersonal feedback, social comparison, and platform-level curation as \u201cpatterned communicative experiences.\u201d These experiences can be investigated through activity-specific measures, ecological momentary assessment, digital traces, content analysis, and longitudinal designs. Self-compassion should remain an intrapersonal psychological construct, while communication environments are better treated as contextual conditions that may facilitate or inhibit its activation. Integrating objectification theory, communication psychology, and social media literacy may therefore clarify when and how digital experiences contribute to body surveillance, body shame, and eating disorder risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40337-026-01751-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,31]],"date-time":"2026-08-31T13:41:12Z","timestamp":1788183672000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Letter to the Editor regarding \u201cSocial media use and roles of self-objectification, self-compassion and body image concerns: a systematic review\u201d"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7261-4496","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dwi","family":"Prasetyo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-4716-7826","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tia","family":"Saraswati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,31]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"1751_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"192","DOI":"10.1186\/s40337-025-01353-4","volume":"13","author":"E Sarda","year":"2025","unstructured":"Sarda E, El-Jor C, Shankland R, Hallez Q, Patiram D, Nguyen C, et al. 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