The Impact of Foreign Programs on Taiwanese Youth and the Significant Role of Media Education

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Title:	The Impact of Foreign Programs on Taiwanese Youth and the Significant Role of Media Education
Authors:	王慧蘭;Wang, Huei Lan
Contributors:	傳播學系
Keywords:	Korea series;Impact;Foreign programs;Media education
Date:	2009-07
Issue Date:	2015-11-06 11:13:02 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	As cable television channel bloomed and grew in Taiwan, more and more teenagers watched a wide variety of foreign TV programmers through hundreds of channels. The impact of this media trend among Taiwanese youth stresses the importance of research to assess whether local college students learn from foreign television programming. In this research, which supports the theoretical discussion in this paper, the nature of these learnings was analyzed as well. In general, this study aims to explore the relevant literature and examine whether college students engage in critical thinking when viewing foreign television programs. This research used a popular Korean series shown in Taiwan to examine various perspectives and views related to the issue. Based from the gathered findings, college students appear to pay more critical attention to the program script, character, rhythm, plot and cultural differences. In relation to aesthetic, ideology and cultural identity issues, less response on the educational impact of the program was obtained from the participants. This confirms the claim that Taiwanese youth view television as an entertainment medium rather than an educational one. For this reason, the role of media education, specifically the integration of visual literacy and critical thinking, is highly significant to generate less passive television viewers.
Relation:	Asian Culture and History vol. 1, no. 2 pp.161-169
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Communication] Periodical Articles

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