10th Anniversary of Hakka Television: A Study to Examine the Ethnic Broadcasting Policy in Taiwan

It is 2013 that the 10^th anniversary of Hakka Television, the first ethnic broadcasting system in Taiwan. Reviewing the past 10-year development, there have been 3 ethnic television stations founded and operated in Public Television System to protect the minority language such as Hakka, Holo, and Indigenous. In this important moment, it is necessary to examine how the ethnic broadcasting worked in the past decade in Taiwan.

This research summarized the development of ethnic broadcasting during this decade from 2003 to 2013 in Taiwan by reviewing the literature, especially in Hakka communication. Furthermore, it also interviewed those who participated in either practical or academic field to discuss and give a suggestion for the next era.

The result shows that the population using Hakka is consistantly growthing owing to the broadcasting; however, it is still stated in an unequal position of language using as a vulnerable one. In addition, this kind of situation is also shown inside Hakka community among different 5 accents; moreover, the gap is even widened in this group. It is obvious that the policy protecting the right of using and reducing the development gap among dialects still needs a great improvement in next decade.