本研究採取「批判的傳播政治經濟學」的研究途徑，使用文獻探討與次級資料分析法，嘗試檢視中國的「新聞輿論監督」。研究發現：新聞輿論監督為國家政治權力的延伸與補充，以社會整合為目的；國家與市場均具有重要影響力；新聞輿論監督下的傳媒產品，存在於競爭的傳媒市場中，為政治整合權力、地方利益集團權力與媒體消費者需求等各方權力衝突下的產物；其背後，具有權力的意識型態並受到地方保護主義限制；而其工作者的自主性，仍不完整。
This study, drawing upon the perspective of the "critical political economy of communication" and employing secondary analysis, proposes to examine the practice of news supervision by public opinion in China. This paper found that news supervision by public opinion, which facilitates social integration, represents an extension of state power. Second, the state and the market exert significant influences on the system. Third, the shape of media under the system of news supervision by public opinion is a product of various factors. Finally, the autonomy of the media is thus limited.
