Introduction The television show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (KUWTK), later rebranded as The Kardashians, is an excellent example of how social TV can be used to increase viewer engagement and build deeper relationships with its audience. The show uses a variety of social media platforms to encourage real-time interactions, making it an excellent example of participation television. This paper analyzes the show's use of social media to engage viewers, the level of interaction created, the techniques used by producers, and the brand's integration across several media platforms. Additionally, the influence of social involvement on show ratings is investigated. Social Media Interaction Twitter and Facebook Engagement KUWTK and The Kardashians …show more content…
Examples of Interaction On Twitter, tweets during the airing of episodes include live commentary from the cast, sneak peeks, and polls asking for viewer opinions on storylines and characters. Facebook updates frequently include behind-the-scenes footage, promotional films, and interactive Q&A sessions with cast members. Comments on postings can reach thousands, indicating a high degree of participation. Encouraging Social Participation Strategies for Engagement The producers of KUWTK and The Kardashians have used a variety of techniques to promote social participation. Cast members frequently live tweet shows, reacting to fan comments and sharing their ideas in real time, allowing viewers to feel closer to the stars. The show routinely shares polls, quizzes, and contests on social media, encouraging fans to participate actively. Social media outlets provide exclusive content such as behind-the-scenes footage, extended segments, and interviews that are not broadcast on television. Media Channel Analysis Level of Brand Integration The KUWTK brand is seamlessly integrated across multiple media …show more content…
However, the content is tailored to the specific audience of each platform. Twitter, for example, focuses on real-time contact through short, snappy material, but Facebook allows for longer updates and community engagement. YouTube provides video content that caters to visual and auditory engagement, which complements the show's serial format. Reasons Behind Their Approach This tailored approach enables the program to increase interaction by capitalizing on the characteristics of each platform. Twitter's real-time nature is ideal for live commentary, Facebook's community features promote deeper debates, and YouTube's video format complements the show's visual content. Impact on Program Ratings Increased Ratings through Social Engagement Historical viewing data shows that social involvement has a favorable impact on KUWTK's ratings. During its peak social media participation years, the show had considerable viewing increases. This association can be explained by a variety of causes. Social media interactions promote a sense of community among viewers, resulting in loyalty and recurrent
Television “How plastic and artificial life has become. It gets harder and harder to find something…real. Real love, real friends, real body parts” (Scott). In the highly popularized TV series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the show depicts our increasingly materialistic society. The series showcases the Kardashian family’s lavish lifestyle, jam-packed with spa dates, luncheons with friends, exotic cars, luxurious homes, entrepreneurial events, glamorous vacations and the daily family drama over irrelevant
Angeles’ most notoriously famous family, the Kardashians. A fresh documented celebrity series that will be synonymous with fashion, glamour, and beauty. The series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, abbreviated KUWTK, will concentrate on the lives of the sisters Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall, and Kylie. The cameras will follow the Kardashian sisters, as they navigate through their dysfunctional relationships, family drama, and disastrous marriages. The Kardashians will take us into the most intimate aspects
Keeping Up with the Kardashians Reality TV is a type of programming that claims to have “unscripted situations” and “occurrences that actually happened”. These type of shows appeal to so many people because they tend to over exaggerate the common daily life and personal life of people, which entertains the audience in numerous ways. Keeping Up with the Kardashians is one of the many TV shows that premier on today’s programs. This show follows the life of the Kardashian-Jenner Family. Although the
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
Keeping Up With The Kardashian’s Analysis I watched the episode “Trouble in paradise” episode 12, season 6 of Keeping up with the Kardashian’s. This is not the only episode I have ever watched with them, I have seen many others but this episode in particular was just one that stood out. Kim, Kylie and Khloe Kardashian really put themselves out there as rich unintelligent spoiled brats, which makes others believe that women who may be wealthy are going to be unintelligent and ungrateful just like
The famous TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians has been on air since 2007. 11 years later, it is still a huge hit and is continuing to be produced and aired. There are many people in the Kardashian/ Jenner family, one specific is Kylie Jenner. She is a step-sister to Khloe, Kim, and Kourtney, and is the youngest at 20 years old. At her young age, she is extremely successful with her net worth of 50 million dollars mainly due to her company Kylie Cosmetics. Due to Kylie Jenner's family background
Kendall and Kylie Jenner had a very big blowout fight on Keeping Up With the Kardashians this week. Things got pretty heated between the two and they ended up cussing at each other. People shared that Kendall is now defending their relationship. Even though they had a very public fight, Kendall and Kylie walked the red carpet together after that to support Caitlyn Jenner. can't believe season 11 is premiering tonight ... tune in to see our madness pic.twitter.com/v3LSZfFeY5 — Kendall Jenner
Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a stereo-typical reality show that focuses on attention grabbing antics and high impact drama. When “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” made their debut, it brought something new to the table of reality TV causing the viewers to go wild. While the Kardashians audience consists of middle age to adult women, there are still a large amount of fans that are men. Many of the characters in the Kardashian family are known for their vain, arrogant and high strung personalities
What's the deal with reality television shows. For years they have dominated television, turning nobodies into millionaires and placing unrealistic dreams of fame in the minds of America’s youth. On the show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” the stars of the show act stupid, selfish, and disrespectful, yet still gained fame and fortune, making it seem okay to be a complete narcissist. Most of the people who are watching these shows don't know that they are mostly fabricated with cast reciting script
Being that reality television plagues society and that I despise most of these shows, I hope to teach my friend not to like “Keeping up with the Kardashians”. I hope to accomplish this task through a type of conditioning, or learning, that I can apply to the situation in order to discourage the mental processes involved in watching “Keeping up with the Kardashians”. Ideally, through Ivan Paplov’s described conditioning methods, I can save my friend from the mistake of enjoying the television show
Keeping up with the Kardashians has become the most persuaded television show in most young teens and adults. Since the premier of this show in 2007, people have always followed it and made it part of their life. Today reality television is a phenomenon that is very addictive and has exploited the destruction of many lives. Many of the events and characters are manipulated to give the audience the intended message and not the real message. Manipulation is the order of the day in these shows. I remember
Relationship of Kardashian Keeping up with the Kardashians is a reality TV show that is based on a famous American family. Mass media and popular culture have the ability to transform the values and customs of society. In fact, we look up to these socialites and would like to have with they have. A big part of being celebrity is mostly about how you are represented to society. Even though they are recognized as being drastically successful and glamorous is, the Kardashians are normal people
deleted scene from Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kris Jenner shared something that shocked a lot of people including her daughter Khloe. In this scene, Kris is seen talking to Khloe and saying that she is ready to change her name, but she will be going back to Kardashian and not changing it to her maiden name. Since her divorce from Bruce Jenner, Kris is ready to move on. E! Online shared this clip and what Kris and Khloe had to say about it. Kris was married to Robert Kardashian before her marriage
their work. Kim Kardashian is an actress, model and fashion designer. People think she is only famous because of her amazing body and beautiful face. On the other hand, some argue the only reason she became famous was because of a famous sex tape made public on the internet with a famous rapper named Ray-J back when they were dating. In fact, it first started when her dad, Robert Kardashian, was an attorney who helped O.J Simpson when he was accused of murder. That’s when the Kardashian family first
When you think of Kris Jenner, most people see “fashion icon,” however, is there a price for beauty? Many might even compare her to the Evil Queen from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “The Little Snow-White.” When comparing the differences between Jacob and Wilhelm’s infamous villain, The Evil Queen, and modern day fashion star “momager,” Kris Jenner, it is stunning, and deserving of thorough examination. Both the Evil Queen and Kris Jenner are obsessed with beauty, but in contrast, they differ in their