Media In Taiwan Research Articles

Intelligent Alerting System Development by Network Media Semantic Analysis and Face Recognition

Nowadays, the network has become the major data provider to everyone. Various providers feed data to the end users to achieve the flow of information for their purposes. In this research, we develop an intelligent alerting system that can automatically sematic analyze the contents from the network and extract the altered information including event description and suspect’s photo. We crawl the PTT, Dcard, and Google News in Taiwan as our sources to process due to the popularity of the three social network systems. These are the three very popular social media in Taiwan and real-time events, news is always posted to the three media very soon, therefore, we adopt them as our research source. Video monitors installed on campus or in the community after receiving alerts and photos will enter alert mode. Real-time face recognition will be issued for the people captured by the camera. Once the system recognizes the suspect, it will notify the security guard to take necessary actions to protect the people. There are two major parts to this research, the first one is the media semantic analysis and the second one is the real-time face recognition. It is an intelligent altering system that is capable to find out the suspected assault or rapist rapidly once he is captured by a monitor and recognized after people post the crime events to the media.

Teaching Differently with New Media in Taiwan – 1

<p>在現今數位化的世界裡，新媒體在日常生活中無處不在，也改變了人們的閱讀習慣與方式。面對數位世代的學生，行動裝置（智慧手機、平板電腦）的使用，仍然是課堂上的一個棘手問題。然而，在我們看來，螢幕對學習者的影響並非絕對負面。因此，研究將著重於數位科技工具不僅可以應用在學習上，同時也能激發學生的學習動機。隨著新媒體的快速發展，手機應用程式（app）的下載和使用，似乎也是學習的一種趨勢。探索應用程式在法語教學中的影響對我們而言至關重要。本論文將藉由 2018 年至 2023 年期間針對此項主題所做的教學經驗，分析所獲得之成果。並將以學習者的心得反思，運用具體實例來探勘不同的法語教學實務。</p> <p> </p><p>In a digitalized, connected world, new media are omnipresent in everyday life. The arrival of new ways of reading has also transformed our cultural habits. Faced with a generation that is "dropping out", the use of screens (smartphone, tablet) remains a thorny issue in the classroom. However, it seems to us that the impact of screens on learners is far from absolutely harmful. How can we make learners aware of the need to use digital tools responsibly? Our study will highlight the role of screens not only as learning tools, but also as learning motivators. With the increased use of new media, the exponential development of applications installed in a mobile phone also appears to be a trend in learning. It therefore seems essential to us to examine the place of applications in the teaching of French. In the second part, we will show the results of research carried out from 2018 to 2023. Further reflections will also be carried out on the possibilities open to the use of new media. The study will finally be illustrated using concrete examples, focusing in particular on the reflections of our learners.</p> <p> </p>

Exploring the Influence of Public Perception of Mass Media Usage and Attitudes towards Mass Media News on Altruistic Behavior.

Based on the cultivation theory and the theory of planned behavior, this study determined how people's perceptions of mass media news and their attitudes towards it impact their altruistic behavior by examining the factors that influence perception. The study collected data from 435 individuals with access to mass media in Taiwan, which were analyzed using SEM. The results revealed that media exposure, credibility, and social influence were critical factors that influenced individuals' perceptions of mass media news, with media exposure having a more significant influence. Surprisingly, the findings demonstrated that perception was negatively related to attitudes, inconsistent with the proposed hypothesis. Thus, perceptions and attitudes were positively associated with altruistic behavior, and attitude was found to mediate the relationship between perceptions about mass media news and altruistic behavior. The study also provides important implications for theory and practice, especially in mass media entities, in developing and adopting practices that promote trust among the audience by encouraging altruistic behaviors through news coverage of various issues.

The (un)bearable lightness of Chineseness? – Taiwanese national identities and the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

ABSTRACT This research examines the controversy caused by Taiwanese speedskater Yu-ting Huang at the Beijing Winter Olympics to analyze the concept of Chineseness on mass media in Taiwan. The videoclip of Huang wearing an outfit of the Chinese national team during training went viral on the social media. The incident triggered a series of chain reactions including her eventual suspension from the national team. However, Huang remained the flagbearer for the parade of nations representing Taiwan in the opening ceremony. The mixed messages were the microcosm of the complex between Taiwan and China and, more importantly, the problematic appropriation of the Chinese diaspora. While Taiwan and China are linguistically, ethnically, culturally proximate, and economically interdependent, Taiwan and China are also politically opposite and militarily hostile. Through Taiwan’s unique perspective, instead of China’s official and controlled channels, the concept of Chinese diaspora and the complex of the cross-strait relations can be further illuminated. While Chinese cultural heritage remains an integral part of Taiwanese identity, it is not an unquestionable and natural weight put on Taiwanese. It is via the narratives of sports that the contrast between Chinese and Taiwanese civil society is highlighted. The self-governing island since 1949 has grown its own unique identity. Chinese diaspora is thus becoming a concept that the island gradually growing out of from. While the construction of identity is always dynamic multi-directional, the dichotomic nature of sports differentiating “us” and “them” has become an indicative field for Taiwanese to construct a unique national identity vis-à-vis China.

Analysis of COVID-19-Related User Content on the Baseball Bulletin Board in 2020 through Text Mining.

The world engaged in online sport watching during COVID-19. Fortunately, in Taiwan, the pandemic was stably controlled in 2020, allowing for the continuation of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL); this attracted international attention and encouraged relevant discussions on social media in Taiwan. In the present study, through text mining, we analyzed user content (e.g., the concepts of sports service quality and social identity) on the Professional Technology Temple (PTT) baseball board-the largest online bulletin board system in Taiwan. A predictive model was constructed to assess PTT users' COVID-19-related comments in 2020. A total of 422 articles and 21,167 comments were retrieved. PTT users interacted more frequently during the closed-door period, particularly during the beginning of the CPBL in April. Effective pandemic prevention, which garnered global attention to the league, generated a sense of national identity among the users, which was strengthened with the development of peripheral products, such as English broadcasting and live broadcasting on Twitch. We used machine learning to develop a chatbot for predicting the attributes of users' comments; this chatbot may improve CPBL teams' understanding of public opinion trends. Our findings may help stakeholders develop tailored programs for online spectators of sports during pandemic situations.

Peace or War? Framing Analysis of Taiwan Media’s Military News Reports on the Conflict in the Taiwan Strait

<p>本研究以2020 年8 月中國人民解放軍對臺軍事演習為案例，借徑國際衝突常見的戰爭／和平新聞學及愛國主義框架等理論，從四家主流媒體的消息來源、關鍵詞、描繪形象等面向，探究報導內容分歧，及對臺海衝突議題的態度與立場傾向。量化研究發現，臺灣四家媒體對國際衝突中母國與敵國的好惡表達，及認定臺、美能否阻止中共武力犯臺，報導立場與使用框架皆有顯著差異，而消息來源使用和報導數量則相反。《中國時報》使用和平新聞學，《自由時報》、《蘋果日報》傾向戰爭新聞學、愛國主義等框架、表達對中共政府的負面情緒，認定中共無法成功犯臺；《聯合報》在各種框架呈現上則較持平。本文也以質性分析闡釋、討論，並在末尾提出探討限制及對未來研究的建議。</p> <p> </p><p>This study examined the news coverage of the August 2020 Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military exercise against Taiwan in order to investigate the content discrepancies, attitudes, and political leanings of the four mainstream media outlets in Taiwan regarding cross-strait conflict issues. Using the theories of war/peace journalism framework and patriotism framework, the study analyzed and compared the choices of news sources, the uses of keywords, and the portrayals of events among different media. Quantitative findings reveal that there were significant differences in the coverage of four different media in Taiwan in terms of the expressions of favorability towards the home country or the adversary in international conflicts, the positions adopted in reporting on whether Taiwan and the United States can deter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military aggression against Taiwan, and the uses of reporting frameworks. No significant differences were found in terms of choices of news sources and the number of news items. The findings indicate that the China Times tended to use peace journalism frameworks. The Liberty Times and the Apple Daily leaned towards war journalism frameworks and patriotism framework, tended to express negative sentiments towards the Chinese government, and believed that China cannot successfully invade Taiwan by force. The United Daily News, in comparison, maintained a relatively neutral stance. Qualitative analysis and discussion were included to interpret the findings at the end of the study, as well as the limitations of the study and suggestions for future study.</p> <p> </p>

Research on Revitalizing Aboriginal Culture and Application of New Media in Taiwan

Ethnic culture usually is formed strongly by the majority, and then integrates the culture of the minority, resulting in colonization and eradication. Aboriginal culture was the accumulation of the wisdom of various ethnic groups. Due to the integration of ethnic groups and cultures, Taiwan's aboriginal culture has gradually disappeared. The issue of cultural revitalization has become an issue of concern to contemporary aboriginal people. Carrying out the literature review, we sort out the origin and development of the cultures of various ethnic groups. The documents related to the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, the current application status of traditional media, new media, and the indigenous ethnic groups in Taiwan are discussed. For this article, in-depth interviews were conducted with Aboriginal scholars and the media. Grounded theory was used to collect, analyze data, and interpret the process of inductive analysis. The qualitative computer software Nvivo was used to analyze and code to establish a framework matrix for interview results. In the concept coding, the category was derived and the concept of the main axis was established, and the chart of the visualization of the analysis results was presented. The results presented that the use of new media to revitalize aboriginal culture was currently the best way to obtain the greatest benefit at the least cost. Tribal people used social media to connect in traditional festivals, clan cooperation, and clan talent and knowledge cultivation. In the topic of cultural revival, more different aspects of thinking were stirred up. In addition, in terms of cultural inheritance, "talent development" was an issue that all ethnic groups need to pay more attention to. By cultivating ethnic talents, improving self-cultural identity, and joining the ranks of cultural revival, endowed with a sense of mission to inherit indigenous culture.

Adherence to World Health Organization guideline on suicide reporting by media in Taiwan: A surveillance study from 2010 to 2018

Significant associations between suicide behaviors and inappropriate suicide reports in the media have been reported. The study aimed to examine the quality of long-term suicide reports under surveillance by the Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center (TSPC). The TSPC conducted daily surveillance with timely feedback and interactive approaches with the media professionals. To examine the reporting trends under the surveillance, daily adherence to the 12-item World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines was analyzed for print media published between 2010 and 2018, and for online media in 2017 and 2018. The trend analysis using the Cochran-Armitage test was performed to estimate the significance of adherence changes. In total, 5529 print reports and 16,445 person-event items from online media were reviewed. The number of suicide reports in print newspapers markedly decreased while it increased for online media. Surveillance of print media showed statistical significance of the improvement of reporting adherence to all guideline items except one item ("Do not publish photo or suicide notes"). Adherence rates were high (∼90%) for 6 of the 12 items over the study duration. Marked improvement was observed in three items: reporting details, giving simplistic reasons, and providing helpline resources. However, both "Highlight the alternatives to suicide" and "Work closely with health authorities to present the facts" items had the lowest adherence. Online media had similar findings and adherence profile as the print media. The quality of suicide reports significantly improved in most WHO guideline items. Development of psychiatric-media liaisons may be beneficial for further improvement.

Antecedents and gains of user participation in social media in Taiwan

Social media provide a wide array of interactive functions which allow users to share and comment on content and personal status. While considerable work has been done on identifying factors which influence social media usage intention, few studies have empirically examined factors which cause users to share content, related group behaviors, and consequences of social media participation. This study develops an integrated model to explore these research questions. The proposed model is empirically evaluated using survey data collected from 389 social media users. Results suggest that altruism, expected reciprocal benefit and expected relationship are significant determinants of knowledge sharing intention. We-intention is determined by factors such as social norms, online self-presentation, social identity and knowledge sharing intention. Moreover, users obtain social support and social capital through social media participation. The findings may provide useful insights for social media platform managers and marketers.

Online social construction of Taiwan's rural image: Comparison between Taiwanese self-representation and Chinese perception

Rurality is well-known to be over-idealised and romanticised as a result of the rural idyll in mass media. As online media evolves, diverse messages and images disseminated potentially reinforce inhabitants' mindset and influence outsider perceptions. In contrast to tourism websites that adopt only a single perspective, this study uses a web-content mining approach to examine Taiwan's rural image. A total of 3034 articles, including 2398 from online media in Taiwan and 636 from China on WeChat, related to rural Taiwan were collected and analysed. The results demonstrated that Taiwanese rurality as represented in local media is based on collective memories of the past and the harsh face of modern rural living mingled with idealised lifestyle concepts. Differences were also observed between the two local media: One presented a richly diverse rurality, whereas the other featured various topical reports about peasant resistance. Rurality from an outsider perspective evoked a picturesque Taiwan countryside instead of inhabitants' real lives. This study concluded that hybrid ideological influences, including urbancentric and market-oriented standpoints, a rural complex based on rural identity, the tension between Chinese and Western cultures, and the cross-strait relationship between Taiwan and China, influenced the construction of Taiwanese rural images.

(Mobility) Fixing the Taiwanese bicycle industry: the production and economisation of cycling culture in pursuit of accumulation

ABSTRACTThere have been recent calls in mobilities literature for greater engagement with how mobility regimes are shaped and governed at different scales. In relation to cycling-related mobilities scholarship, there are very few accounts situating cycling within broader bio-political and political–economic processes. This paper seeks to address this absence, situating contemporary formations of cycling culture within processes of capital accumulation and economisation. The research is based upon a series of interviews with industry stakeholders, participant observations at cycle events and analysis of policy documents and news media in Taiwan from 2015–2017. We demonstrate that in the last 10–15 years there has been a drive to create cycling subjects in the Taiwanese cycle industry, mass events and through public bike sharing with the loosely strategised goal of projecting an image of a cycling culture that it is hoped will be advantageous to the domestic bicycle industry. We demonstrate how this emergent process of fixing works through economisation of social cycling practices, themselves reliant on processes of division, classification and subjectification. We also show how the cycling subjects and cultures thus formed constitute qualculative framings that facilitate ongoing commercial re-evaluation of Taiwanese Brand manufacturers by other actors within the industry.

DISCONTINUOUS ADOPTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

Microsoft ended its involvement in social media from the beginning of 2013, owing to a gradual global decrease in user numbers of MSN Messenger. The facts demonstrate that Microsoft used to own the most popular social media application for students to communicate with each other, but its major competitor, Facebook, gradually supplanted it to become the most popular social media platform in Taiwan. The decrease in the number of students of Microsoft’s social media platform reflected changes in discontinuous social media adoption. Students are involved in using social media, which means that they fall into flow (concentration) status. If students enjoy using a particular social media, they will fall into flow experience, which may influence student attitude toward and use of social media. This study examines flow experience and the discontinuous in student adoptions on social media based on a survey of 400 students and their experiences of changes to their favorite social media in Taiwan. The analytical results demonstrate that flow experience significantly influences perceived ease of use, together with attitude toward and intention to use social media. The managerial implications are also illustrated. To cite this document: Chih-Chin Liang, DISCONTINUOUS ADOPTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM , International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies, Vol.9, No.1, pp.71-92, 2018. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.7903/ijecs.1556

Impact of influenza vaccine on childhood otitis media in Taiwan: A population-based study.

PurposeAcute otitis media (AOM) is a common infectious disease in children and usually accompanied by a preceding viral respiratory tract infection, especially in the preschool-age population. The study aimed to evaluate impact of influenza vaccine on childhood otitis media.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study included data for 803,592 children (<10 years old) recorded in Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database. AOM incidence and tympanostomy tube insertion incidence in each influenza season before and after the introduction of traditional injectable trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) were compared using the Poisson regression analysis to estimate the incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).ResultsIn children < 2 years old, the age group eligible for free influenza vaccination, there was a significant reduction in seasonal AOM incidence after TIV introduction in 2004 (from 98.4 episodes/1000 person-seasons [95% CI: 96.4–100.5] to 66.1 episodes/1000 person-seasons [95% CI: 64–68.1]). In addition, with the increased vaccine coverage rate, the outpatient visits for AOM in the influenza season of 2005 and 2006 were significantly lower than that in 2004 (IRR = 0.85 and 0.80, respectively, p < 0.0001).ConclusionsA significant reduction in primary care consultations for children <2 years old was observed after the introduction of the TIV in Taiwan in 2004. With the increased vaccine coverage, there was an additional decline in 2005 and 2006. In addition of the direct protection provided by the vaccination, we believe that TIV may have induced some herd immunity that further contributed to the reduction in influenza attack rates and the rates of associated AOM in that age group. These reductions were observed only in vaccine-eligible children, while older children, who were not enrolled in the influenza vaccination program during the study period, have experienced increases in the AOM incidence during the 2004–2006 period compared to the 2000–2003 period.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic tympanoplasty versus microscopic tympanoplasty for chronic otitis media in Taiwan

BackgroundHealth care systems and physicians need to conform to budgets and streamline resources to provide cost-effective quality care. Although endoscopic tympanoplasty (ET) has been performed for decades, no studies on the cost-effectiveness of ET and microscopic tympanoplasty (MT) for treating chronic otitis media have been published. The present study aimed to compare the cost-effectiveness of ET and MT for treating chronic otitis media. MethodsThis study was performed using a Cohort-style Markov decision-tree economic model with a 30-year time horizon. The economic perspective was that of a third-party payer (Taiwan National Health Insurance System). Two treatment strategies were compared, namely ET and MT. The primary outcome was the incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY). Probabilities were obtained from meta-analyses. Costs were obtained from the published literature and Taiwan National Health Insurance System database. Multiple sensitivity analyses were performed to account for data uncertainty. ResultsThe reference case revealed that the total cost of ET was $NT 20,901 for 17.08 QALY per patient. By contrast, the total cost of MT was $NT 21,171 for 17.15 QALY per patient. The incremental cost effectiveness ratio for ET versus that of MT was $NT 3703 per QALY. The cost-effectiveness acceptability curve indicated that ET was comparable to MT at a willingness-to-pay threshold of larger than $NT 35,000 per QALY. ConclusionThis cost-effectiveness analysis indicates that ET is comparable to MT for treating chronic otitis media in Taiwan. This result provides the latest information for physicians, the government, and third-party payers to select proper clinical practice.

Understanding user experience of news applications by Taxonomy of Experience (ToE)

ABSTRACTMobile phone is a necessary gadget for modern people nowadays. More and more users consume news and media content from smartphones via news applications or social media platform. It is important for news portals to understand young generation deeply to provide suitable service. This study introduces the method of taxonomy of experience (ToE) and its analytic approach of SEEing to understand college students’ user experience of Taiwanese news applications on smartphones. Users were encouraged to express their feelings, opinions, and operation processes during the testing via the approach of ‘think aloud’. The analytic approach of SEEing includes nine steps to categorise and analyse users’ verbal commentary. More importantly, user experience is analysed via clear missions of each steps. A total of 80 participants were invited to evaluate four news applications that were developed by media in Taiwan. Each news application was evaluated by 20 participants. The outcomes show that the users’ experience of news applications include the expectation of quick understanding, sharing, consistency, fun, importance, diversity, interests, and a wide range of topics. The outcome of this study provides an alternative way for news providers in Taiwan to re-evaluate what the users’ real desires of news applications are.

When Business Met Politics

Since 2008, the Taiwanese business group Want Want, having made a fortune in China, has returned to Taiwan to buy a major media group and attempt to exert political influence on Taiwanese society. This paper analyses the rise and rationale of this new type of media investor in the light of the business-government relationship under China’s model of state capitalism. According to the analysis developed in this paper, when China needed foreign investment in the early 1990s, Taiwanese investors were warmly welcomed by the Chinese government, which provided Taiwanese businesses with tax incentives at that time. After 2000, however, when not only domestic Chinese entrepreneurs emerged but also more non-Chinese investors entered the Chinese markets, Taiwanese businesses realised that the investment environment had become much more competitive, so they had to work hard on building ties with Chinese officials. Under these circumstances, Want Want bought into media in Taiwan as an asset to be used in order to build social ties with the Chinese government, but in doing so, Want Want has also triggered resistance from Taiwanese civil society. Future researchers and regulators can continue to watch and define this new type of investment, which has become increasingly significant in this region.

An investigation of the impact of cognitive absorption on continued usage of social media in Taiwan: the perspectives of fit

ABSTRACTInformation processing view explains the fit between information processing need and information processing capability to achieve optimal performance. This research observes that the model of users’ needs-functional capabilities fits by two perspectives of holistic and reductionistic in the context of social media usage. Through an online survey of 310 Facebook users in Taiwan, the findings provide the holistic and reductionistic perspectives of the fit between users’ needs and functional capabilities as having a significant impact on users’ cognitive absorption. Thus, social media providers must emphasise managing the fit between users’ needs and functional capabilities for their products and services development.

Framing and Identity: How Mainland and Taiwan Media Represent Terrorist Attacks in China?

Loss of identity is a leading cause of terrorism and a common bewilderment of Mainland China and Taiwan. Cutting into the research by the news representation of Chinese terrorism incidents, this paper discusses a special identity issue in a special identity history. This paper adopts mixed methods, which are constructed by content analysis, framing discourses and frequency statistics. 111 pieces of related news are selected and doubly-coded into both “identity package” and “news framing”. The results show that the news representations inter-connect with the coexisting identity and confrontation between Mainland China and Taiwan.

Probabilistic assessment of aggregate risk for bisphenol A by integrating the currently available environmental data

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor widely used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Exposures to BPA have been associated with reproductive, developmental, and cardiovascular effects. In this study, the CalTOX model was used to assess the aggregate health risks on BPA by integrating the currently available BPA data in various environmental media in Taiwan. Local parameters such as chemical properties, local landscape data, and exposure factors were used as model inputs under the continuous source mode. A reference dose (RfD) of 50 μg/kg-day was adopted in this assessment. Monte Carlo simulation was used to simulate great variability of the environmental data. Our results show that an upper limit of 95 % confidence interval of aggregate exposures for the adults (19–64 years old) was 1.05 μg/kg-day, corresponding to a hazard index (HI) of 0.021. The chemical properties (BPA half-life in surface water), intake rates (fruit, vegetable, and fluid intake), and landscape data (average depth of surface waters and leaf wet density) are critical parameters. Finally, HI value would approach to 1 as BPA concentrations in ambient air, surface water, and sediment was greater than 20 ng/m3, 100 μg/L, and 3.3 mg/kg. The quality of the risk assessment on BPA can be further improved by reduction of uncertainty of the abovementioned critical parameters as well as considering additional BPA exposures from canned and packaged goods.

TAIWAN POLITICAL PATTERN AND GEOPOLITICAL WEAKNESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TAIWAN TO SEE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE CROSS-STRAIT-RELATIONS AND SINO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS UNDER THE THEME OF SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO)

Taiwan media reflects the diversity and chaos of Ideology after the political reform from the end of 1980’s when the leader of Taiwan Chiang Ching-kuo announced the lifting of martial law on July 15, 1987. The democracy promoted the exchanging situation between Taiwan and Mainland China. The importance of Taiwan’s geopolitical position is disappearing by time. To integrate into the broadened AsianPacific region in the era of China’s uprising and Taiwan’s closed economic cooperation with Mainland China under its military threat is a new trend for Taiwan’s foreign policy. With the returning back of Putin to the presidency of Russia and his Asian cooperation strategy, Taiwan could understand the role of Russia appropriately to think about how to participate in this regional cooperation and consolidate the national security in the cross-strait region. The attitude of Russia toward the SCO should be paid attention to from the side of Taiwan authority. The author found that in the bigger geopolitical pattern in Asian-Pacific region that Russia plays more and more stable and positive role in the regional security under the competition with USA. The competition between USA and Russia is the new world geopolitical pattern for both Taiwan and Mainland China. This paper is divided into two parts from the aspect of Taiwan political and geopolitical changes to examine the problems of the cross-strait relations and SinoRussian relations under the theme of SCO in East Asia. The author assumes that Russia’s Asian Strategy will strengthen Russia’s influence on the cross-strait relations deeply and Russia will play the more and more important role in regional security and economic cooperation in East Asia.