The Role of Local Media in Taiwan’s Elections

  • 4 months ago
Taiwan is holding its national elections on January 13. All eyes are on the races, but Taiwanese voters may not be getting their fix from local news channels.

On this episode of #ZoomInZoomOut, TaiwanPlus reporter Louise Watt sits down with Chiaoning Su. Chiaoning is a journalism scholar and associate professor at Oakland University. We first zoom out to look at Taiwan’s media landscape, then zoom in to analyze how low trust in news overall impacts Taiwan's democracy.

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