2000年到2020年間美國平面媒體上台灣相關報導的研究與探討

An Investigation of Taiwan Coverage in US Print Media: 2000-2020

波莎霞(Alexandra Porter)

指導教授 ： 馮慕文

共同指導教授 ： 李大中(DaZhong Li)

淡江大學/國際研究學院/臺灣與亞太研究全英語碩士學位學程/碩士(2022年)

https://doi.org/10.6846/TKU.2022.00808

摘要

儘管和美國有著(非正式)密切的關係，台灣報導出現在美國新聞上頻率不一。截至目前為止，並無任何台灣在美國平面媒體上實際上有多少報導的相關研究，也沒有任何在特定的年份區間內觀察報導趨勢和內容的研究。而以這樣的方法做研究，其意義是非常重大的，因為媒體在形塑美國大眾意見和美國外交政策上扮演著關鍵性的角色。
這個研究將以兩個主要的階段進行來填補上面所述的研究空缺，同時，以英文撰寫可以更容易地被國際的讀者索閱覽。前述所提的兩個階段為:第一，它將會蒐集以及統計有關於台灣在2000年至2020年出現在美國平面媒體的報導趨勢的數據；它將會審視報導的數量和內容。第二，此研究將會以時事來探討和深入分析數據；它將會探討是否有某種可遵循的模式相應於美中台關係或其他政策的轉變。

關鍵字

美國平面媒體 ； 新聞趨勢 ； 兩岸關係 ； 美台關係

並列摘要

Despite sharing a close (though unofficial) relationship with the United States, Taiwan has had varying levels of coverage in American news. To date, there have been no studies looking at exactly how much coverage Taiwan has had in American print media, and moreover, there have been no studies looking at the trends in coverage and content over time. This is a critical oversight because the media is an important actor in in shaping both US public opinion and US foreign policy. This study seeks to address this oversight by doing two things that have not yet been done in English for an international audience. First, it intends to generate data about trends in Taiwan coverage in US print media from 2000-2020. It will look at trends in both the amount of coverage over time and the content of the coverage. Second, this study intends to go deeper and analyze these trends based on the context in which they occur. It will attempt to examine if any patterns occur in response to changes in US-cross-strait relations or other policy shifts.

並列關鍵字

US print media ； News trends ； Cross-Strait relations ； US-Taiwan relations

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