00:13What you're hearing is The Voice of Taiwan, a telephone news program in the 1980s breaking
00:20the news of the Lin family murders in Taipei to Taiwanese listeners in the U.S. The broadcast
00:26sparked calls from overseas to oust the authoritarian government in Taiwan at the time. Radio, film
00:33and newspaper, it's these types of media that have exercised power and influence over people
00:39in Taiwan since colonial times and authoritarian rule. And it's also these types of media that
00:45were eventually used to subvert the government, as seen in a new exhibition at the National
00:51Taiwan Museum.
00:52I think the question is, that is, from the media and media, technology, technology,
00:57what we can understand in terms of the media and the media. We need to know how to understand
01:07the media, through the media and the media. We need to understand that.
01:12This is the case, which is really central to the media and technical issues.
01:21The exhibit displays over 200 pieces of government propaganda and civilian-made media,
01:27plus the technology behind it, telling the story of Taiwan's journey to democracy.
01:33Like this model of an anti-communist propaganda train,
01:36which ran through Taiwan in the 1950s to spread positive messaging
01:40about Chiang Kai-shek's government to local Taiwanese.
01:43And these old typewriters, used during the martial law period in the 70s and 80s
01:48to make some of Taiwan's underground anti-government newspapers
01:52that sustained communication for the 당wai, or outside-the-party movement.
01:57Those supporting the exhibition touched on how the advancement of technology in the 1980s
02:02helped share Taiwan's story with the world and challenged the authoritarian government at the time.
02:08But they also said technology nowadays can have malicious uses.
02:28Now, modern technology like the Internet have helped media spread even faster,
02:32like this Wi-Fi hotspot used to live stream the 2014 Sunflower Movement.
02:37By highlighting the shared use of these communication tools by both authoritarian governments
02:42and pro-democracy activists, the museum aims to remind visitors of the power these technologies had
02:48in controlling the narrative in the past
02:50and the role they play in influencing public opinion in the Taiwan we know today.
02:55Yixin Chen and Tiffany Wong in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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