英文摘要 |
The Sunflower student movement, which occurred in the spring of 2014 in Taiwan, has shaken the political kaleidoscope of Taiwan as well as the whole of society. During the second week of the Sunflower Movement, volunteer faculty and students from National Taipei University, Department of Sociology executed a survey among the sit-in demonstrators outside the Legislature, relying on a systematic sampling procedure and short face-toface interviews by trained interviewers. Whereas public opinion split along the political divide, many believed that most protesters were students who were either ideologically radical or driven by a political party. This study, however, provides a more complete portrait of the protesters, which contradicts popular belief. Our study reached the following conclusions. First, except for the fact the most participants are rather young (3 out of 4 are less than 30), their fields of study (among students) and occupations (among non-students) are very diverse. Second, although it is widely believed that the Internet plays an important role in this collective action, very few participants reported that they were recruited by virtual rallies. Nearly half of the protesters reported that they joined the sit-in spontaneously. Third, for these protesters, social media was the most important information source during the protest. 9 out of 10 listed Facebook (or other types of social media) as being among their top three information sources. |