Analysis: Keeping Up With The Kardashians

In 2007 the world was introduced to a family of eight from California through a reality show titled “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” America had no idea who these people were and why we needed to keep up with them. In the beginning they were viewed as an average family, but it was quickly revealed to the world that they were far from the average American family. The kids have no respect for their parents, they constantly curse and yell at their mom, the kids touch each other inappropriately, and say inappropriate things while being filmed and later air these things for America to see. People have very negative views on this family, constantly criticize and bash them on the internet, but the only changes they have made stem from cosmetic surgeries. Despite all the negative responses the Kardashians have received the family is on their eleventh season of the reality show, and it appears that the family has gained power over many Americans because of the ratings that the television show has received over the years, but the question is why. Why is America along with the rest of the world keeping up with this family even

The way others view us is how we gain a self-image of ourselves and Cooley referred to this concept of self-imaginary as the looking glass self. Cooley suggested that the looking glass self does not come singly from how we view ourselves, but the perceptions that we think others have of us through the three different approaches: first is how we appear to others, what others think of us, and we then revise how we think of ourselves. When we analyze the three steps internally we begin to change the way we act change the way we