Taiwan's Political Transition Period Of Media Criticism

Media criticism is a new subject, fremdness have although engaged the study early, they fastened mostly on the operation of medium criticism , for medium criticism theory, the consist mostly in the Mrxist criticism theory or the treatise of Frankfurt ,Birmingham etc. by a form of idealistic spark, so, evaluate in the aspect of theory headspring, fremdness lacks the monograph of medium criticism theory.Considering on china, the operation of medium criticism study have came into being flourish, but the theory study is feeble by all appearances.Since continuously, Taiwan's mass media academia, to the mass media research, always has stressed to the medium function or the effect the angle, Since continuously, Taiwan's mass media academia has always stressed to the medium function or the effect the angle to the mass media research. And just because of the deeply influence of The West positivism ideological trend and the method they used was mostly emphasized the standard of demonstration and quantification, the bound and subject of public communication received unavoidably limit. Therefore, t scholars positively introduced some foreign academic medium criticism theory in this period , which has opened the new field of vision in research of Taiwan medium criticism. And a book written by Huang Xinsheng which named "Medium Criticism— Theory And Method" has the representation. Huang Xinsheng thought the so-called medium culture is a collective creation producted by medium workers under the organization goal and the benefit instruction. At the same time, the medium culture is also the cultural goods which makes in view of the populace market. Therefore, the medium culture has two basic characteristics of "the organization and the goods". Under both of this restriction, the medium provides naturally news to public together with specific value and the ideology. So he assimilated the mass media culture as "king's new clothes" and "the anesthetic".Taiwan's medium criticism history can also been seen as Taiwan's social movement history. As a result of the Taiwan's special international standingas well as the complex political condition, the media always at the contradictory development condition, this characteristic displays obviously in Taiwan's democratization advancement. Since 1940, the mass media has occupied the important position in Taiwan's political ecology. It has acted the national megaphone, also has acted sharp weapon the opposition movement organization and the propaganda. Many democracy reforming characteristics and achievements in Taiwan come from media's highly development. But during media's promotion in politic democratization,the media has lost its independence in front of the commercial interest. Therefore uncontrolled market pressure, possibly has the same influence as the national political disturbance.Taiwan's media has deeply influence and the restriction from the political economy development, this article attempts to seek media's different role from the Taiwan's several politics reforming time, and analyzes the role it played in Taiwan's news media in the different time.