| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2 The Significance of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Social News and the Development of Social News Reports | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-27页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第22-27页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORIES AND METHODOLOGY | 第27-34页 |
| 3.1 Hofstede’s Value Dimensions Theory | 第27-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Individualism and Collectivism | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Uncertainty Avoidance | 第28页 |
| 3.1.3 Power Distance Index (PDI) | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Stereotypes | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.1 Definitions of Stereotypes | 第29页 |
| 3.2.2 Schneider’s Three Features of Stereotypes | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3“Gate keeper”Theory | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3.1 The Development of the Theory | 第30页 |
| 3.3.2 The News Selecting Standard in America and China | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4 Methods Used in the Research | 第31-34页 |
| 3.4.1 Content Analysis | 第31页 |
| 3.4.2 Discourse Analysis | 第31-32页 |
| 3.4.3 Usage of Content analysis and Discourse analysis in the Thesis | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER IV CONTENT ANALYSIS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF NEWSIN CHINA DAILY AND NEW YORK TIMES | 第34-48页 |
| 4.1 Content Analysis in China Daily and New York Times | 第34-38页 |
| 4.1.1 The Number of News | 第34-35页 |
| 4.1.2 Genre of News | 第35-36页 |
| 4.1.3 The Attitude of the News Report | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2 Discourse Analysis of News in China Daily and New York Times | 第38-46页 |
| 4.2.1 Reporting Tendencies of the Samples to China | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2.2 The Differences of Monitoring Data | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.3 The Powerful Measures under the Heavy Haze | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2.4 People’s Right to Live Faced with Haze Threatening | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 Summary of Characteristics of Social News Reporting in China Daily andNew York Times | 第46-48页 |
| CHARTER V THE REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES OF SOCIAL NEWSREPORTING IN CHINA DAILY AND NEW YORK TIMES | 第48-62页 |
| 5.1 Confucian Culture vs. Christian Culture | 第48-52页 |
| 5.1.1 Confucian Culture and Its Reflection in News Reporting | 第48-51页 |
| 5.1.2 Christian Culture and Its Reflection in News Reporting | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2“Gate keeper”Theory in Cross-cultural Communication | 第52-54页 |
| 5.2.1“Gate keeper”Theory of the Newspaper | 第52-53页 |
| 5.2.2“Gate keeper”Theory of the Country and Its Culture | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3 Individualism vs. Collectivism | 第54-56页 |
| 5.3.1 Positive Tendency in China Daily | 第54-55页 |
| 5.3.2 Negative Tendency in New York Times | 第55-56页 |
| 5.4 Uncertainty Avoidance | 第56-58页 |
| 5.4.1 The Degree of Transparency of Data in News Reporting | 第56-57页 |
| 5.4.2 The Diversified Genres of News Reporting | 第57-58页 |
| 5.5 Power Distance | 第58-60页 |
| 5.5.1 In-depth Reporting of Social News Reports in New York Times | 第58-59页 |
| 5.5.2 General Reporting of Social News Reports in China Daily | 第59-60页 |
| 5.6 Stereotype of America on China | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第62-65页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings and Suggestions | 第62-64页 |
| 6.2 Limitation of the Research | 第64-65页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第65-71页 |
| APPENDIX I News from China Daily | 第71-77页 |
| APPENDIX II News from New York Times | 第77-85页 |
