Better to remain single? : the state and pro-family drama series in Singapore.
Due to the low fertility rate of Singapore, the Government has been introducing new policy initiatives to encourage more Singaporeans to start a family. One of the ways to encourage Singaporeans to get married earlier and have more children is to promote family through drama serials. Through depicti...
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| author | Goh, Vanessa Gek Zer. |
| author2 | Sulfikar Amir |
| author_facet | Sulfikar Amir Goh, Vanessa Gek Zer. |
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| description | Due to the low fertility rate of Singapore, the Government has been introducing new policy initiatives to encourage more Singaporeans to start a family. One of the ways to encourage Singaporeans to get married earlier and have more children is to promote family through drama serials. Through depictions of characters in drama serials, the audience is being encouraged to have a family. Conversations among characters carry pro-family messages too. However, it was found that the audience do receive the pro-family messages but are not following them. This goes to show that the audience is being active. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/226552019-12-10T13:51:40Z Better to remain single? : the state and pro-family drama series in Singapore. Goh, Vanessa Gek Zer. Sulfikar Amir School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities Due to the low fertility rate of Singapore, the Government has been introducing new policy initiatives to encourage more Singaporeans to start a family. One of the ways to encourage Singaporeans to get married earlier and have more children is to promote family through drama serials. Through depictions of characters in drama serials, the audience is being encouraged to have a family. Conversations among characters carry pro-family messages too. However, it was found that the audience do receive the pro-family messages but are not following them. This goes to show that the audience is being active. Bachelor of Arts 2010-04-01T02:54:02Z 2010-04-01T02:54:02Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22655 en Nanyang Technological University 29 p. application/pdf |
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| title_full | Better to remain single? : the state and pro-family drama series in Singapore. |
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| title_short | Better to remain single? : the state and pro-family drama series in Singapore. |
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