Dr. Junhao Hong is Professor in the Department of Communication at State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. He is also an Associate in Research of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, USA. In 1995, he received his PhD in Communication from University of Texas at Austin, USA. His research interests include media and society, international communication and politics, and impact of new media. He has authored/edited a dozen of books and published numerous research articles in various academic journals.Dr. Cheng-Nan Hou is Associate Professor in the Department of Mass Communication at I-Shou University, Taiwan. In 2003, he received his PhD in Communication from State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. His research interests include media and society in Asia, social media use in Asia, mobile communication technology in Asia, and new media and international communication. He has published a number of research articles in various academic journals.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Alternative Media and the Theoretical Frameworks.- Chapter 3: History of Taiwan’s Political Changes.- Chapter 4: Media Environment in Taiwan from the 1950s to 2000.- Chapter 5: The Main Alternative Media in the Martial Law Period of Taiwan.- Chapter 6: Alternative Media after the Martial Law from 1987 to the early 1990s.- Chapter 7: Alternative Media in Taiwan during the 1990s.- Chapter 8: The Main Characteristics of Taiwan’s Alternative Media and the Implications of the Interplay of Alternative Media and Socio-Political Transformation.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.