自美國總統大選發生假新聞事件後,假新聞已成為全球關注的議題。本 論文以臺灣 2018 九合一選舉為研究對象,採用文本分析法與觀察法進行研 究,並且透過 「媒體聚合」概念詮釋選舉假新聞現象。本論文發現,不同政 治立場的社群平台、內容農場、臺灣媒體和大陸媒體,在選舉期間交互形成 規模不同的媒體聚合,更加擴大假新聞的傳播現象。同時,臺灣主流媒體忽 略事實查證,一樣傳播假新聞,以致台灣的假新聞現象更加嚴重。

關鍵詞:假新聞、選舉、媒體聚合、社群媒體、中國大陸

 
When Donald Trump being elected President of U.S., fake news becomes an important issue in the global world. This paper explores the phenomena of fake news happened in 2018 election in Taiwan. Based on methods of content analysis and source observing, this paper tried to describe the models of fake news through the lens of media convergence theory. This paper argues that the media convergence including social media, content farm, news media of Taiwan and online media of Mainland China have enlarged the influence of fake news in election. The responsibility for fact check of mainstream news media is neglected and distribute fake news as social media has made serious problems in Taiwan.

Keywords: fake news, election, media convergence, social media, Mainland China