威權體制下的中央日報

The Central Daily News in Authoritarian-era Taiwan

本文的目的，係在透過歷史文獻的研究，從整體政治變遷的視角，針對1949 年之後，威權體制下黨營媒體所扮演的角色與功能，進行系統性的分析，並以足以稱為代表性「喉舌」的中央日報為例，探究其作為中國國民黨黨報所扮演的角色與功能，包括：意識形態工具、傳達重要黨政訊息、形塑輿論、打擊反對者，以及穩定社會等，其中，在國民黨所塑造以黨報為核心的「黨媒複合體」之中，黨報的編輯與經營也時常陷入矛盾，甚至受到政治派系鬥爭的影響而呈現左右為難（dilemma）的情境，致使作為媒體的公信力與信任感，快速的消耗殆盡，再加上民主化的浪潮與媒體環境的變遷，網路與新媒體的逐漸崛起，媒體營收虧損連連，經營陷入困境，在完成階段性任務之後，最終只好宣告停刊。本文研究結果，希望有助於了解在黨營事業中黨報的經營歷程，特別是媒體所該有的本質與黨報角色之間的衝突性，以及，理解在政治變遷的過程中，在政黨直接或間接資源挹注的情況下，黨報所享有的特權地位；期待透過系統化解析黨報在威權政黨之下所扮演的角色與功能，以提供推動轉型正義工程之參考。

The aim of this paper, based on an overall study of literary reviews and political change, lies in a systematic analysis of the role and function of the media served for authoritarian parties in Taiwan after 1949. The paper particularly focuses its attention on the mouthpiece of Kuomintang (the Chinese Nationalist Party), the Central Daily News, examining the role and function of the party-run newspaper, including issues such as its being a medium with ideology for circulating political information, forming public opinions, fighting against dissenters, stabilizing the society, and so on. Among many things, the newspaper, as the core “party-media complex”created by Kuomintang, was faced with contradictions in terms of its editing and managing ability as well as the dilemma of instant draining its credibility and reliability as a print media because of political factional struggles. In addition, under the wave of democratization, the change of media environment, and the rise of the internet and new media, the Central Daily News found itself in a series of revenue loss. Eventually, the business of the newspaper was put into trouble and after fulfilling its tasks in stages, the publication of the newspaper was suspended in 2006. The paper aims at a better understanding of the history of the newspapers run by political parties. Research efforts have been dwelled in examining the conflicts between the nature of the print media and its role as the party mouthpiece. With both the direct and indirect investment of political resources, the privileged status of the party-run newspaper has been also examined. The author has attempted a systematic analysis of the role and function of the party-run newspaper, hoping to offer future references for promoting transitional justice projects.