Reality Show as a Type of Media Discourse (A Study of the Reality Show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians")

Abstract

The article focuses on defining peculiarities of the US reality show as a type of mediadiscourse. Based on a study of the reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians, an attempt has beenmade to determine intralinguistic and extralinguistic factors of creating an image of an ordinaryAmerican family in order to attract the public attention.