媒體在民主化進程中扮演的角色：媒體最早時期為國家機器掌控，在進到民主時代，扮演著行政、司法、立法之外的第四權。課程目標為讓對政治及媒體都有興趣的同學，藉由講師多年的實務經驗，以案例一一解析，帶領同學熟悉兩者之間互為影響的關鍵因素。

The role of the media in the democratization process: The media was controlled by the state apparatus in its earliest days. In the democratic era, it plays the role of the fourth power besides administration, judiciary, and legislation. The goal of the course is to enable students who are interested in politics and media to use the lecturer's years of practical experience to analyze cases one by one and lead students to become familiar with the key factors that influence each other.

此課程旨在教授關於媒介政治的相關理論，訓練同學用政治的觀點看媒體，也用媒體的觀點看政治，課程設計以大眾傳播理論為綱本，並結合政治傳播學的新進學說，讓有志於新聞工作，或對政治傳播學有興趣的同學，能用冷靜的理論架構來省思國內外光怪陸離的媒介現象，由於此課程是媒體「理論課」，因此強烈建議選修此課程的同學，加修實務面的「新聞採訪與寫作」。

This course aims to teach relevant theories about media politics, train students to view the media from a political perspective, and also view politics from a media perspective. The course design is based on mass communication theory and combined with the latest theories of political communication, so that students who are interested in journalism, or Students who are interested in political communication can use a calm theoretical framework to reflect on the bizarre media phenomena at home and abroad. Since this course is a media "theory course", it is strongly recommended that students taking this course take the practical "News Interviewing and Writing" course.

新聞採訪與寫作（牛隆光著）
進階新聞寫作（彭家發著）

News Interviewing and Writing (by Niu Longguang)
Advanced News Writing (by Peng Jiafa)