Date of Award
5-1996
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Journalism and Communication
Committee Chair(s)
James O. Derry
Committee
James O. Derry
Committee
Steve Anderson
Committee
Edward C. Pease
Abstract
In this case study, interviews with leaders of China Times and Central Daily, plus other mass media scholars and professionals, provide evidence that a free press in Taiwan evolved after a nearly four-decade old martial law was lifted in 1987. The interviews were based on the description of press philosophies by William A. Hachten (1981) to determine whether Taiwan's press has changed from developmental to Western. Secondly, based on early work of Schramm (1964) and Lerner (1958), economic prosperity and political pluralism were studied as keys to the government's relaxation of restrictions on the Taiwanese press. The finding of interviews in Taiwan support this point of view.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Chi, "Evolution of a Free Press in Taiwan: A Case Study" (1996). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1603.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1603
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