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The paper examines how shifts in these series mirror changes in feminism and women’s images in real life. While the series’ main themes have moved from pursuing love toward pursuing careers, women are still frequently depicted as needing rescue and remaining innocent. 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It seems like the portray of those heroines have contributed to improving female representation through media and promoting feminism. However, the objectification of women still exists and is deep-rooted. This paper is going to look at how the changes in female-centered Chinese TV series reflected the changes in feminism and female representation in real life. The research finds that although the main theme of this kind of series have changed from pursuing love to pursuing career, female images were still represented as to be saved and innocent.  \n1. Introduction  \nFemale-centered TV series became a trend in China a few years ago. It is a form of TV shows that centered around the female lead and tell stories about her growth path (Wang, 2019) . One of the most popular TV dramas in recent years, Story of Yanxi Palace (Yu, 2018), can be a representative. This form of TV series was a revolution because it was singular to narrate women’s stories onscreen, and they engross female audiences immediately. For instance, the average audience measurement of Jade Palace Lock Heart (Yu, 2011), a TV series that was released in 2011, reached 2.52 and ranked in second place that year, and about 66.3% of audiences were female. A total of 10 custom drama series were released from 2010 to 2011 (Lee, 2011) . In recent years, eight out of ten of the most viewed TV series from 2005 to 2017 were female-centered series (CSM, 2017) . The female-centered custom drama turned out to be prevalent once again since then. Albeit custom drama made a splash at the moment, the controversies about it never ceased. A centre conflict is that whether such series downplaying and objectifying women.  \nFemale-centered TV series focus on the changes of the female lead struggles she went through, and her love story during the process of pursuing success. However, by success, these TV dramas incline to define it as a success in chasing love. These TV series either tell a story about men fight over a woman or a story about women succeed under men’s assistance. It seems like they are trying to portray an inspirational woman, but instead, they deepen the idea that women are the accessories of men. They devalued women and ignored the effort women have made to succeed. Women are sentimental and weak compared to men in these shows, and these shows are normalizing these features. The criticizes and arguments about these shows never ceased, but it seems like the popularity of female-centered is not slowing down either. This problematic cognition about women  \nPublished by CSP © 2020 the Authors 155  \nis not turning audiences down. Hence, our research question is, what is the relationship between female image in female-centered TV series and people’s attitude toward women? Whether femalecentered enhanced stereotypes toward or not? Is there a way for these shows to make changes?  \n2. Literature Review  \nFemales tend to be downplayed in all media formats, and TV series, as one of the formats, contribute to creating stereotypical female images (Tankosic, Grbic, & Krivokapic, 2020) . Mass media deny women’s social existence, and they are either portrayed as the victim or underrepresented (Krijnen, 2020) . Chinese TV series also have this same issue. The first Chines TV series was on screen 1981 (Zhu, Keane, & Bai, 2008), and the theme has changed over time. There are six stages of the production of Chinese TV series, including live broadcasting, wasteland, revival, developing, television industrialization, and booming stage, which is the stage we are on now (Zheng, 2011) . Female r","cbCaiq7rHwe2hdCo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq7rHwe2hdCo","pdf",1589762,"English","# Introduction\n## Female-centered TV series as a trend\n## Core controversies and research question\n# Literature Review\n## Media stereotyping and women’s representation\n## Evolution of female imagery in Chinese TV\n## Media influence and feminist counterexamples","[{\"question\":\"What research question does the paper focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The paper asks about the relationship between the female image in female-centered Chinese TV series and people’s attitudes toward women, including whether such shows reinforce stereotypes and how they might change.\"},{\"question\":\"How have the main themes of female-centered TV series changed?\",\"answer\":\"The main theme has shifted from pursuing love to pursuing a career. However, the depiction of female characters still often frames them as needing rescue or as innocent.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the paper identify as a continuing problem in female-centered TV series?\",\"answer\":\"Even as portrayals evolve, objectification and gender stereotypes persist, including women being represented through men’s perspectives and defined within traditional gender hierarchies.\"}]","Reflection of Feminism Development in Female-Centered Chinese TV Series - academic paper analysis | PDF",18]