Keywords
Female characters
Talk show programs
Gender issues
Discourse expression
Social significance
Submitted : 2026-04-25
Accepted : 2026-05-10
Published : 2026-05-25
Abstract
“Talk Show and Its Friends Season 2” is a professional talk show competition program launched by Tencent Video. With its diverse creative concepts and open and inclusive stage atmosphere, the program has created a group of highly personalized female characters. Taking the female characters in the program as the research object, this paper conducts an analysis from three dimensions: character types, discourse expression, and social significance. It is expected to provide a new perspective for understanding the living conditions and discourse rise of contemporary women, and also offer references for the shaping and development of female characters in talk show programs.
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