Transcultural aesthetics of love mediated by romantic comedy television shows and their influence on the experience of long-term partner selection for Singaporean Chinese

This project examines values of love through the production and consumption of romantic comedy television shows by young, members of the local Chinese community of Singapore. It is driven by three primary concerns: first, to identify their transcultural values of romantic love, marriage and sex between Eastern and Western value sets; second to analyse how these values are aestheticized in television series which are accessed through free-to-air TV, cable television, and internet downloads; and thirdly, to explore if the introduction of a design intervention, specifically a romantic comedy short film, can provide any influence in the experience of love.