李金銓近年以文人論政作為詮釋中國新聞史的核心概念，固然精確掌握民國時期知識份子的時代精神與集體心態，難免過於強調主體行動力並且過渡浪漫化民國時期的辦報條件與環境。而李金銓早期以侍從報業體制解釋臺灣媒介從威權轉型到民主的過程，則提供從結構層面出發的歷史分析視野。透過李金銓著作的耙梳，本文認為對行動者的關注，始終是李金銓的關懷所在。侍從報業體制雖然偏向結構層面的解釋，但李金銓已注意到知識份子在第三世界發展過程中的重要角色，也成為近期李金銓投注心力於民國文人論政的研究主題。雖然李金銓未提出明確的歷史論斷，但從他對文化物質主義的詮釋中可以發現融合結構與行動二元論的折衷研究取向。

In recent years, C. C. Lee has used the literati cum political commentators to discuss Chinese journalism history. Although he has accurately grasped the spirit of the epoch, it is inevitable overemphasize the power of agent and romanticize press in the Republic of China period. In the early days, C. C. Lee explained the transformation of Taiwan's media system, providing a structural perspective. Meanwhile he has noticed the role of intellectuals in the third world, and it has become the subject of C. C. Lee recent research on literati cum political commentators in the Republic of China period. Although C. C. Lee did not put forward a clear historical judgment, but from his interpretation of cultural materialism, we can find an eclectic research orientation that integrates the dualism of structure and agent.