Political Unification and Independence in the Media: The Case of Taiwan
The unification-independent issue is an important political cleavage in Taiwan, and the media is capable of constructing a reality which delimits people’s imagination of unification and independence. This identity issue is a concern at the present age because democratic politics contain multiple per...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Athens Institute for Education and Research
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications |
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| Online Access: | https://www.athensjournals.gr/media/2016-2-2-4-Liu.pdf |
| Summary: | The unification-independent issue is an important political cleavage in Taiwan, and the media is capable of constructing a reality which delimits people’s imagination of unification and independence. This identity issue is a concern at the present age because democratic politics contain multiple perspectives that let the minority express its unification-independent attitude. When different attitudes appear in the majority and minority, it forms a discrepancy in identity. And undoubtedly, media information plays a discourse role in people’s political identity discrepancy. |
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| ISSN: | 2407-9499 |