Television systems in Taiwan and South Korea had similar starting points; however, in the 1980s both countries followed different routes, and since then, the two television systems have taken different shapes, in terms of capital accumulation, accountabilities to citizen groups and competitiveness. This paper mainly asks: in what historical contexts, have the two countries made options in the 1980s? To approach this problem, this paper analyzes the logic and contradictions of the two states. It mainly argues that, authoritarian states tend to have legitimacy crisis, forced to use certain capitals, but might be restricted from using others. In Taiwan, the party-state mainly used social capitals, sacrificing the state autonomy in television policy. In South Korea, the state used the capital of physical force, but triggering more social confrontations. Thus, when the Korean government, in the name of public interests, transformed the television system into public one, the audience movements forced the public television stations to fulfill public responsibilities.
中文關鍵詞
電視史，威權主義國家，「資本」，南韓
英文關鍵詞
television history, authoritarian states, "capital", South Korea