網路八卦與真理政治：批踢踢八卦板之閱聽人研究

An Audience Study on PTT Gossiping and the Politics of Truth

批踢踢八卦板是台灣當前最重要的網路文化場域之一。本文從八卦文化意涵、網路八卦看板特質出發，從真理政治機制的概念切入，以深度訪談閱聽人研究為取徑，檢視進行資訊傳播溝通的網路八卦看板在網路空間中的運作。本文以真理政治的概念內涵、操作區辨、主體在其中的位置、社會權力實踐作為要素，分析提出批踢踢網路八卦看板作為真理政治的場域，其資訊流通的意義與運作得以引發閱聽人的情感與行動，成為權力的具體實踐，擴展關於八卦文化的理解，也與真理政治的概念產生對話。

Through the audience research approach of in-depth interviews with users of the internet PTT Gossiping forum, this papers employs the concept of “politics of truth” to examine the “gossip” culture in the forum as well as the operation of truth/power politics within it. User interviews provide understandings of the meanings, operations, subject positions and social practices of the forum and how they interact with power politics in society. The gossip forum has expanded what gossip culture represents from collective imagination to social practices, renewing the perspectives derived from it, while engaging in a dialogue with the concept of politics of truth.