本論文主旨在探討晚近台灣撞球運動的發展與轉變，主要關懷的議題在於，從以前到現在，台灣撞球運動為何有如此大的轉變，當今社會的撞球運動又呈現出什麼樣的形貌，以及在撞球運動走向國際化過程中，國家的角色與態度為何。 研究發現，媒體對於撞球運動的涉入，促使撞球的社會形象產生很大的改變，從媒體運動複合體的觀點來看，媒體從撞球運動中獲取低成本的節目以滿足本身頻道的需求，撞球組織也從媒體得到轉播權利金以應付所有的開銷，而這樣的模式也使得撞球組織對媒體的依賴愈來愈深。再者，女子撞球雖然是國內曝光率最大的女性運動，但媒體所再現出來的女子撞球選手的形象除了再度深化社會對於女性運動的刻版印象，也形塑了社會觀看女性撞球的方式，美貌的強調為女性選手帶來許多偏見與性別階級化的再製，並忽略女性撞球選手公領域的表現。最後，政治的力量一如往昔般深嵌在運動裡，早期國家對撞球嚴格打壓控制，如今撞球成為國家攏絡的對象，因為它有效協助「國家認同」的建構；另一方面，透過大型國際撞球賽事，使得運動/媒體/觀光的複合體儼然成形，也讓國家換得世界舞台露面的機會。 The research aims to examine that how billiard has transformed in Taiwan recently. The main concerned subject lies in why the billiard culture in Taiwan converts dramatically and what role the national state plays in the globalization process of billiard. . The social image of billiard has been changed substantially while the sport was in associated with the media. From the viewpoint of the media/sport complex, the media acquired billiard games as program in relatively low cost and to fill in the sport channels’ program time. For billiard sport organization, sports broadcasting rights fee from media can cover most costs and expenses. The relationship between media and billiard sport organization is increasingly close and intense but also caused the billiard organization more dependent to the media. In the perspective of gender and sport, the women billiard is the most famous women sport in Taiwan, but the representations image of female billiard players on the media contribute to the perpetuation of gender stereotypes. The media also focus on sportswomen’s physical attractiveness in accordance with conventional standards, bias and myth however ignore female billiards players’ professional performance. Finally, the political power remains deeply intervening in sporting fields from past to present. In the initial period, the state restricted billiard activities. While now, the billiards becomes one of the most valuable sporting activity that the state eagerly like to incorporate with. Because it has contributed to construct “national identity" for the country. On the other hand, by way of international billiards sports event, sport/media/tourism complex could take form, and let the state exchange the opportunity of exposure on the world stage.
