It has been heatedly discussed about the issue of media and migrants’ identity,yet still there is a necessity to clarify the framework and sphere of the research.By the application of literature analysis method,this paper summarized the theoretical resources or research approaches that were worth learning on research of media and migrants’ identity relation,as well as the special social context in China today.The paper revealed that unlike western countries,the majority of Chinese migrants consisted of migrant workers who followed the route of moving from the rural areas to cities.For the sake of great differences and alienation between west and east,studies on media and migrants’ identity relation rely on western experience and additionally the social context of modern China.Further more，the issue should be inspected within the interaction between social structure and social policy,the dislocation and conflicts of which are the main reasons for the dilemma of identification for migrant workers.