The Kardashian Clan: one of the most famous families in America. With their huge social media platforms, containing millions upon millions of followers, they make a huge impact on many social media users. On these platforms they post many aspects of their lives: vacations, family, the products they use daily, etc., these posts are impacting their followers in many different ways such as self-image, mental health, and materialism. Social media influencers, like the Kardashians, have taken over the lives of many. Without them even realizing it. When scrolling through Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat stories, social media users are constantly seeing celebrities and social media influencers posting their lives all over for many to see. The controversy is that the lives they portray for all to see, are typically just the good parts, the ideal parts. Social media influencers can give advice, share life stories, and spread awareness about topics and different products for which they have been paid to advertise. Social media in
fluencers are often trusted by their followers, so brand companies are taking advantage of the influencers to advertise their products because their followers will see the ads in a superbly presented way. Social media influencers can shape their followers opinions on controversial issues and change the way they think about many different things, just by one post. In addition to the impact on their followers views on different topics, social media influencers also can change the way their followers view themselves. The posts by the social media influencers are most often edited, flawless, and always happy. This is not always a bad thing but it leads to their followers constantly comparing their lives to the social media influencers lives, which is not an accurate or fair thing for them to be comparing their lives to. Influencers have more negative than positive effects on their followers by making them have an unachievable, perfectionist desire, growing their materialistic wants, and leading them to have a bad body image.