The desire to share our lives with the world to avoid the feeling of missing out has led to a growing crisis of identity as people look to social influencers as models to imitate; this allows the normalization of following the influencer, rather than considering our own individuality, our own values, and our own character. Molly Hein shares the good news that there are steps we can take to find our way back to focusing on our individual identity.

Featuring Molly Hein, Assistant Professor of Business at the University of Dubuque

Interviewer, Annalee R. Ward, Director of the Wendt Character Initiative at the University of Dubuque

The content in this episode comes from Molly Hein’s upcoming article, "Social Influencers: FOMO and Identity Crisis," from Character and . . . Crisis, volume 8 of the Wendt Center for Character Education’s annual journal, Character and . . . . Watch for the article to come out in fall 2022.

Find other character resources and Wendt Center publications here or learn more about the Wendt Character Initiative here.