本研究以《中時》「家庭版」為例，從1956年11月25日起至2004年12月31日逐日翻閱歷時五十年的該版面。作者以「形式與內容｣為經緯，檢視「家庭版｣變化，將歷史沿革分為五個時期：始自週刊、繼而日日出刊、刊名的改變—各類軟性題材齊聚、報禁解除：「家庭版」重生、周末報時期版面倍增。筆者歸納影響的因素，發現早期因報禁限張政策，使得非藝文、體育和影藝的其餘軟性題材，全都置於「家庭版」中，報禁解除後，家庭類的版面激增，設立與內容轉而受商業力量左右。 「家庭版」與其他版面最不同之處，就是強調讀者參與。讀者參與空間漸增，從限時限定主題的刊登，到每日至少刊登1~3篇讀者投書。近五十年當中，讀者除踴躍參與「家庭版」徵稿外，從讀者筆戰交鋒中更可發現，其對家庭價值捍衛有時更勝於編輯。 「家庭版」中的女性角色，從主內持家轉為家庭與事業兩者兼顧的形象，女性新角色承擔了雙重壓力。家庭不是封閉體系，亦受到外在政治、經濟與社會影響。歷經1980年代經濟起飛、政治開放，女性從事政治、社會運動與社會志工的社會角色漸漸增多，女性角色更顯得多元且豐富。 / This thesis focuses upon the Family section of the Chinatimes and examines its presentations of female roles during the past fifty years on a daily basis, ranging from November 25, 1956 to December 31, 2004. The author discerns that historical evolvements of the Family section into five periods: it came initially as a weekly, followed by a daily format, with the change of its title, the Family section took in more and more various soft subjects. The latest is the arrival of Taiwan’s newspaper deregulation and consequently the revival of Family section and the multiplication of weekend edition. As a conclusion, we should say that the Family section was deeply conditioned by the government’s newspaper policy of limiting the competition of the media. The press landscape has seen a sea-change since the late 1980s though, when topics used to be covered in the Family section gradually expanded into other pages. Commercial forces has by this time overridden political effect. The reader participation is the most important and distinguished characteristic in Family section. Family section is considered to defend our social value. From the reader’s argument, it is found that readers make more efforts than the editors. The female roles are represented in Family section.The changes from housewife image that helps the husband and teaches the children, to the professional women image that looks after both work and family. However, even when economically independent, women have never been released; instead, they take much more stress than before. After 1980s, raise of economic and openness of politics ,the social roles of women have seemed to be more abundant.