Public Television and Empowerment in Taiwan

Rawnsley, Gary D.; Rawnsley, Ming-yeh T.

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“…Most noticeable was the rapid proliferation in newspapers and broadcasting stations: by mid-2006, 2037 newspapers were in circulation, and the number of radio stations expanded from just 33 in 1993 to 172 in 2009 (GIO, 2010). Moreover, Taiwan now has five national television stations, including Formosa Television that reflects Taiwanese identity and issues, and a public service broadcaster, in addition to 14 digital channels and access to hundreds of cable television channels (Rawnsley & Rawnsley, 2005). The DPP administration (200-2008) identified as a policy priority the clear separation of the media from politics: parties were required by law to surrender their shares in the media industries, thus undermining the entrenched liaison between economic interests and political power, while the complex knot of clientellist relationships was slowly untangled.…”

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Political Communications in Democratic Taiwan: The Relationship Between Politicians and Journalists

Rawnsley

Gong

2011

Political Communication

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This paper assesses the present state of political communications in Taiwan through close analysis of the perceived relationship between journalists and politicians. This relationship is examined within the context of media commercialization. Based on the assumption that in cultures of democratic political communication the interaction between media and political actors involves both conflict and cooperation, we consider how journalists and politicians negotiate the balance of power between them. The empirical evidence gathered from semi-structured interviews for this paper suggests that the interaction between media and political elites in Taiwan is defined by high levels of conflict, hostility, mutual suspicion and mistrust -attributes of a relationship that can have profound implications for the legitimacy and efficacy of institutions, actors and political communications in a newly-created democratic system. The paper explains the evidence through the perspective of the 'knowledge deficit model' that operates within the context of media commercialization. This indicates that the perceptions (of the public, journalists and politicians) of the formal aspects of democracy may have been transformed, but the nuances which define the application of democratic norms (the practice of responsible journalism) remain ambiguous. More importantly, huge market pressures and the widely accepted media logic, coupled with the democratic knowledge deficit, are creating a vicious cycle in the practice of political communication in Taiwan. This perhaps provides some tentative explanation for the brisk deterioration of expectations about democracy and the media's role in it, as well as the quality of democratic political communication in Taiwan.

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Political Communications in Democratic Taiwan: The Relationship Between Politicians and Journalists

Rawnsley

Gong

2011

Political Communication

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“…Terrestrial television became wholly commercial and bipartisan, dominated by the Kuomintang (KMT) and Democratic Progress Party (DPP) which sponsored their own television channels. PTS was thus introduced as an initiative towards civil engagement in response to a push by Taiwanese citizens for an independent television system that was free from the polemics of national politics (Rawnsley and Rawnsley, 2005). Although the design for PTS was finalised and running by late 1997, it functions more as a community broadcaster over-burdened with the perennial questions of funding and remaining independent of the governmental ideologies of the day.…”

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What is Television? Comparing Media Systems in the Post-Broadcast Era

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Turner²

2008

Media International Australia

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This article emerges from the early stages of a large international study of the social, cultural and political role of television in the post-broadcast era where the convergence of media platforms has challenged conventional understandings of how the mass media work. Even though it might be premature to jump on the bandwagon which claims that national media systems are now irrelevant and that television, as the leading ‘old media’ format, is history, there is significant theoretical and empirical work to be done to adjust to the new, and highly contingent, environment — to find out what ‘television is’ today.

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Framing Chinese migrant workers: A comparison of media coverage in Mainland China and Hong Kong

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This study investigates the framing of Chinese migrant workers in articles published in two Mainland Chinese newspapers and two Hong Kong newspapers from 2004 to 2009. The content analysis reveals significant differences in the news frames between the two regions. Attribution of responsibility and morality are the most frequently used frames in Mainland newspapers, while human interest and responsibility frames dominate coverage in Hong Kong newspapers. Government officials are the most popular sources cited by the four newspapers, followed by migrant workers. Media in both regions portray this issue with a fairly neutral tone but have different attitudes towards the Chinese central government. Mainland news articles show a positive attitude, while Hong Kong journalists hold a neutral stance. The usage of frames, sources, and tone have changed over the six-year period examined. Possible explanations and implications of the differences in framing among Mainland and Hong Kong newspapers are discussed.

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Public Television and Empowerment in Taiwan

Cited by 3 publications

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Political Communications in Democratic Taiwan: The Relationship Between Politicians and Journalists

Political Communications in Democratic Taiwan: The Relationship Between Politicians and Journalists

What is Television? Comparing Media Systems in the Post-Broadcast Era

Framing Chinese migrant workers: A comparison of media coverage in Mainland China and Hong Kong

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