2002 年10 月24 日，教育部正式公佈《媒體素養教育政策白皮書》。儘管相關運動的發展非常蓬勃，但是綜觀教育部的政策白皮書，對於理論基礎的陳述其實相當有限，只有區區數十字而已，留下許多討論的空間。對於媒體素養的研究與論述，即便學術界也算不上豐富。在僅有的學術文獻當中最為欠缺的部份，或許也是對於理論基礎的疏於關注。雖然在教育部的《媒體素養教育政策白皮書》中指出其理論基礎是「健康社區」，但是類此媒體議題，必然都可以回歸到言論自由的論述。本文之目的，正是檢視並探討媒體素養現有與應有的理論基礎，試圖進行媒體素養與言論自由的辯證，從言論自由的論述出發，去思索並且回應媒體素養的訴求。

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education officially announced its “Media Literacy Education Policy White Paper” on October 24, 2002. But while vigorous progress has been made in the field, this study is quite limited in its delineation of media literacy’s theoretical foundations; This leaves much room for further discussions. In fact, there has been a lack of theoretical literature covering media literacy studies in Taiwan. As this paper points to the concept of a “healthy community” as its theoretical base, it is suggested that the discussion of such media issues must be related to issues about the concept of freedom of speech. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to examine certain aspects of media literacy’s theoretical foundations by analyzing the dialectic between media literacy and the freedom of speech.