| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·Research Purposes | 第10页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第10-11页 |
| ·Reasons to choose TIME magazine as the research object | 第11-12页 |
| ·Classification of research objects and reasons | 第12-15页 |
| ·Related Researches on Chinese frames in the U.S. news media | 第15-18页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| ·Framing Theory | 第18-24页 |
| ·Definition of Framing | 第18-19页 |
| ·Related Researches on Framing Theory | 第19-22页 |
| ·How Frames Work | 第22-23页 |
| ·Frames in the news | 第23-24页 |
| ·National Image | 第24-30页 |
| ·Definition of Image | 第24-26页 |
| ·Perceived images of other nations | 第26-30页 |
| 3. "China Image" Represented in Cover Stories of TIME | 第30-49页 |
| ·Analysis of China-related Cover Stories in TIME during 1949—1971 | 第30-37页 |
| ·Analysis of China-related Cover Stories in TIMES during 1971—1989 | 第37-43页 |
| ·Analysis of China-related Cover Stories in TIMES after 1989 | 第43-49页 |
| 4. Analysis of China-related Cover Stories in TIME | 第49-58页 |
| ·Frequency Analysis of China-related Cover Story | 第49-50页 |
| ·Contents Analysis of China-related Cover Stories | 第50-51页 |
| ·Orientation Analysis of China-related Cover Stories | 第51-52页 |
| ·Agenda-setting Analysis of China-related Cover Stories | 第52-58页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-68页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第68-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69页 |
