The lifting of the ban on new newspapers and on expansion of existing ones brought greater competition to the media. Even the simple expansion of space to be filled meant that every incident became newsworthy, and in every controversy people looked to the media for public support.
當然，台灣校園新文化的形成是漸進式的，並且肇因於整個社會大環境的變遷，但檢視其在短暫時間內的劇烈變化，也可發現幾處關鍵性事件。