Instagram influencers as the new idols of our society

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 2,0, University of Potsdam (Anglistik), language: English, abstract: Social media has become a part of our lives and checking new Instagram posts part of our daily routine. Online fandom has become nowadays something mainstream and almost every Instagram user has his favorite influencer, who he observes on daily basis, admires and secretly wishes for his live to be like his. This paper focuses on establishing why those Influencers have become the new idols of our society. On the example of two young women, who have more than a million followers on their accounts, I will try to explain their phenomenon and the reason for their success. As their almost celebrity status is established mostly thanks for their fans. Moreover, the mechanism of online fandom and instagram will be explained.