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MASS MEDIA

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  • Taiwan ranks first in Asia in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders.
The diversity of Taiwan’s media is reflected in the plethora of outlets and intense competition within the industry. The nation’s press operates in a media environment that is one of the freest in Asia.
Taiwan was ranked 35th globally and first in Asia in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index released May 3 by France-based Reporters Without Borders. In the survey of 180 countries and territories, Taiwan finished ahead of South Korea, 47th; Japan, 68th; Hong Kong, 140th; and China, 175th. Norway, Ireland and Denmark topped the index, in that order. As of August 2023, a total of 151 journalists from 82 media organizations in 22 countries were based in Taiwan.
Most types of media are engaged in an industrywide transition to digital forms of distribution.
Print editions of magazines and newspapers, including the three major dailies, continue to lose ground to internet competitors. Drawing on Taiwan’s strengths in information and communications technologies, e-publishing is injecting fresh vitality into their development as well as that of the local book publishing industry, which released 56,121 new titles in 2022.
More than 56,000 new titles hit
the shelves in Taiwan in 2022.
More than 56,000 new titles hit the shelves in Taiwan in 2022. ( (Chin Hung-hao)
 
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Digitization of cable television has not only significantly improved the visual experience of viewers, but also unleashed more innovative and diverse broadband services. With digitization virtually completed, cable television has become an important platform for various multimedia applications.
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