Whose viewpoint was “Viewpoint” documenting? Documentaries of Education Reform
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Lee, Wen-Feng
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
In 2004, a series of controversial documentaries called to challenge Taiwan's mainstream view of education. The series, "Documentaries of Education Reform”, was produced by Taiwan Public Television Service's ("PTS") "Viewpoint", a weekly television program of News Department that shows local documentaries.
In addition to positive and negative comments that filled the PTS website, unfavorable criticisms were also found on print media. Among all these responses, reactions from schools interviewed in the documentaries fixed everyone's eyes. They asserted that the documentaries unfairly damaged their reputation. However, the production team of "Documentaries of Education Reform” was still confident in their works and has anticipated those disputes.
Therefore, one of the schools and the production team stuck to their own versions in a discussion held by PTS. Further, the discussion also exposed some complaints arising from PTS.
The issue of the present study is whether the disagreement is the result of different expectations from the interviewees, the production team of "Documentaries of Education Reform” and PTS?
The present study looked into all three parties’ thoughts about "Documentaries of Education Reform”. The present study also explained the production process of “Documentaries of Education Reform”. Further, the present study studied the attitude and mechanism that PTS employed to manage and respond to viewer’s opinions.
The research conclusion answers the research issue—whose viewpoint was “Viewpoint” documenting? The core of the controversy that "Documentaries of Education Reform” provoked is not whether the perspective is correct; it is the incoherency of PTS’ “producer system” in News Department. The imperfect of PTS’ “producer system” exposes the News Department’s, and even PTS’ problem in managing programs.
Subjects
公共電視台
紀錄觀點
紀錄片
教育改革
Taiwan Public Television Service
Viewpoint
documentary
education reform
SDGs
Type
other
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