本研究一方面在理論上釐清媒體提供公共領域及多元化觀點的意 義與重要性，同時選擇統獨議題爲例，採用質的論述分析方式，長期 追縱評估媒體報導的觀點變化，與其實踐多元化報導的表現。本研究 分析六家報紙民國七十八、八十一年和八十四年選舉有關統獨議題的 報導。研究發現我國媒體大體上已從單面的報導趨向較多元觀點的呈 現，新网專業的品質也有較明顯的進步。當然這也反映了我國民主政 治與媒體環境的發展，以及社會對於不同觀點接受的程度較以往提高

This paper reviews the theory of Jurgen Habermas’s study of public sphere and the Herbert Gans' notion of multiperspective news. It is argued that the major function of the mass media is to publicize the multiperspective aspects of events rather than to offer an interpersonal dialogue forum. The paper also applies the theory to examine how the issues of Taiwan Independence have been reported by different newspapers during three campaigns ranging from 1979 to 1985. It is found that Taiwan’s newspaper have shown developments in terms of multiperspective coverages and professional performances. It is also noted that this progress should be understood from the context of the democratic movement in Taiwan.