| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Rationale of the Present Study | 第9页 |
| ·Objectives and Research Questions | 第9-10页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Method | 第10-11页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| ·Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第13-17页 |
| ·A survey of multimodal discourse analysis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Earlier studies of the sign | 第14-16页 |
| ·Visual communication | 第16-17页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis | 第17-19页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis and Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three An Analytical Framework | 第21-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21页 |
| ·Kress and Van Leeuwen’s Visual Grammar | 第21-31页 |
| ·Representational meaning | 第22-26页 |
| ·Interactive meaning | 第26-28页 |
| ·Compositional meaning | 第28-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Visual Images in Tibet 3.14 News Reports | 第32-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Overall Analysis of the Photo Groups | 第32-35页 |
| ·Overall analysis of the photo group from New York Times | 第32-33页 |
| ·Overall analysis of the photo group from Chinese Media | 第33-34页 |
| ·Comparative results | 第34-35页 |
| ·Analysis of Images about the Army Vehicles | 第35-43页 |
| ·Army Vehicles—the attacker or the sufferer | 第36-37页 |
| ·Army Vehicles-interacting with the viewer or not | 第37-39页 |
| ·Army Vehicles-important or ancillary information | 第39-41页 |
| ·Ideologies in the image about the army vehicles | 第41-43页 |
| ·Analysis of Images about the Clash between the Police and the Insurgents | 第43-48页 |
| ·Attacker-the police or the insurgents | 第44页 |
| ·The viewer –involving with the insurgents or not | 第44-45页 |
| ·The police-beating or hiding | 第45-47页 |
| ·Ideologies in the image about the clash between the police and the insurgents | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analysis of Images about the Police Blockading | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Police-blockading or protecting | 第49-50页 |
| ·The insurgents-interacting with the viewer or disappearing | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Insurgents-important information or not | 第51-53页 |
| ·Ideologies in the image about the police blockading | 第53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第55-57页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
| Appendix | 第61-66页 |
| 攻读硕士期间发表论文目录 | 第66-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
