本主以「勞工主體性」的高低，區分了六類勞工新聞，並據以分
析了中國時報、聯合報、中央日報與自立晚報等四家報紙從1953 至
1998 年間的所有費工新聞數量﹒總括這四十五年的勞工新聞，至少具
有四項特徵。第一，數量稀少，平均一天不到一則、少於五百字，由
於勞工是主體而出現者，比例不到兩成﹒其次， 1987-1989 年問可以
作為新聞量多寡的斷點，勞工新聞在其後，增加頗多﹒第三，四報
的勞工新聞數總量及以勞工作為主體的新聞量，均有不同﹒其中，第
四，中國時報的勞工新聞數量雖然最多，但就勞工主體新聞所佔比例
東說，反在四報當中最低﹒作者接著嚐試從五個角度解釋勞工新聞的
特徵勞工主體事件的強度與頻次、勞工相關政策及行政措施、媒體
競爭的激烈程度﹒媒體的政治屬性及政黨近親程度，以及媒體本身的
勞資衝突問題﹒

Based upon the labour's subjectivity, this essay clltegorises six types of labour news and then measures and analyses these labour news as reported in the China Times, the Central Daily News, the United Ddily News and the Independent Evening Post between 1945 and 1998. Some . features arise out of this excersie: firstly, less than one story got reported per day while after 1987·89 more were represented; secondly, there does. exist notable differences among the four newspapers; thirdly, though the China Times had given most spaces covering the labour. it spent relatively low percentage in exposing labour's subjectivity. Reasons that may explain these features are discussed: state policies toward the labour, media competition, media's affinity to political parties, and Iabour-capitalconflicts of the newspapers concerned.