Taiwan's special political environment and history have created the conditions for the popularity of political programming. Each individual viewer has his or her own reasons for watching-venting unhappiness, seeking reassurance, solidifying identity, or just getting information-and there are many different kinds of "satisfaction."
特殊的政治環境和歷史脈絡，造成了今日台灣政論節目的百花齊放，不管是抒解不滿、尋求溫暖、鞏固認同，或者單純的資訊需求，每個人收看政論節目的目的各有不同，得到的滿足也有千百種。