本研究作為一個回顧性的研究，意圖透過長時間的報紙資料，探討在媒體上的政黨是如何顯示其對於二二八事件的觀點與影響。其中，國民黨自威權時代，跨越了民主化的鞏固與失去、重奪政權的過程，面對二二八事件的立場也有數次的不同應對。不論是自最早的「共產黨因素」，或是後來的「官逼民反」，顯示了二二八事件作為造成國民黨的政治壓力的議題，國民黨並非毫無調整空間，但這樣的調整，究竟是全然的轉向，或是透過某些理念來連結過去的觀點以維持「立場一致」的可能？而在這樣的變遷，又是透過怎麼樣的手段來達成？
在這樣的脈絡下，本研究將國民黨視為一個「組織」，強調政黨內部存在有不同意見。並且，國民黨的領導人，在面對民主化的政治衝突，以及二二八事件的平反議題，則須提出自身對於二二八事件的看法來達成兩個目標：降低二二八事件對於國民黨的傷害，以及維繫過去國民黨的政治理念，以達成「立場一致」的立場變遷。
本研究將從戒嚴時代開始，並延續到2017年的三度政黨輪替的過程，探討國民黨怎麼面對二二八事件，並以此提出三個主要的問題與回應：
一、在國民黨外的層面上，二二八事件作為一個外部壓力的來源，是怎麼促使國民黨轉變自身立場的？研究指出，事件中的受難者所彰顯的悲劇性訴求，主導了國民黨對於二二八事件的同情與平反來源。
二、對國民黨而言，即便黨內對於二二八事件有不同的聲音，但怎麼樣的聲音最能有效回應外部的訴求？研究指出，單純的同情是不夠的，還需要擁有同情的政治領導人，願意接受外部壓力的訴求，以及對內有足夠的政治資源才能達成立場的轉變與黨內外的支持。
三、政黨的目標為爭取執政權，那麼民主化下的國民黨在面對二二八的議題上，執政權的有無是否有影響？研究指出，對國民黨而言執政權在於兌現過去的景選承諾，而不是進一步地促進二二八事件的平反與落實。
The Reversal of 228 came with the request of democratization, became an important symbol of Taiwan’s democratization that effected on KMT as the end of martial-law, party-rotation and president-election.
As a retrospective research, this article well use large-quantity of news-data to reveal what’s the interaction with the party-competition and the effort on the reversal 228.Aspecically, KMT has crossed the authoritarian autocracy to now the democracy, lost the re-took the government while facing the stress of the environment which willing the reversal of 228 that made KMT changed the policy while facing 228. This means that KMT has a space can let it turn the direction and came with questions about how KMT change: totally turn to a different way or maintain some important foundation of the previous one.
In this tread, this research will regard politic-parties and organizations, emphasizing the different in the organization, and aiming the party-leaders that how they facing the party-competition and regenerate a new policy to deal with the reversal of 228 in order to reduce the damage of those request from the reversal of 228, and the connected with the ideal of KMT that made the position of KMT is reliable.
The research will start form the age while martial law still maintained till 2017, crossing three times of party-rotation with three question about how KMT facing the reversal of 228 :
First: Out of KMT, what kind of pressure made from the reversal of 228 if effectible? This study shows ‘pity’ is the main effect.
Second: In KMT, what kind of ideal in the party can deal with the pressure of 228? The study shows that not only the ideal must has the ‘pity’ within, but the politician needs power to promote it.
Third: When part owns the government, what will happen? The study shows that the party leader would stop reproducing new concept to deal with the reversal of 228.
