| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第14-15页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-23页 |
| 1.1 Research Backgrounds | 第16-18页 |
| 1.2 Definition of Animation in News | 第18页 |
| 1.3 Research Rationale | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 The Objectives and Significances of the Study | 第19-20页 |
| 1.5 Data Collection and Methodology | 第20-21页 |
| 1.6 Organization of This Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE | 第23-33页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第23页 |
| 2.2 Multimodality and Multimodal Discourse | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Brief Review of SFL Theories on Multimodal Discourse | 第25-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Studies on MDA Abroad | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies on MDA at Home | 第27-28页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies on Animation of Crime News | 第28-33页 |
| 2.4.1 Studies on Crime News | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4.2 Studies on Animation in News | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4.3 Comments on the Previous Literature | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE A PROPOSED MODEL FOR THE PRSENT RESEARCH | 第33-48页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Theoretical Background for the Proposed Model | 第33-45页 |
| 3.2.1 Systematic Functional Linguistics | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2.2 Kress and Van Leeuwen’s Visual Grammar | 第37-44页 |
| 3.2.3 Royce’s Framework of Inter-semiotic Complementarity | 第44-45页 |
| 3.3 A Proposed Analysis Model for Analysis on Multimodal Discourse of Animation in Crime Reporting | 第45-47页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF CRIME NEWS REPORTING: A CONTRASTIVE STUDY | 第48-57页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第48页 |
| 4.2 Crime Reporting Differences in Two Types: Animation-based Format and Page-based Format | 第48-50页 |
| 4.3 An Empirical Research | 第50-55页 |
| 4.3.1 Research Hypotheses | 第50-51页 |
| 4.3.2 Research Design | 第51-52页 |
| 4.3.3 Reliability Test | 第52-53页 |
| 4.3.4 Data Analysis | 第53-55页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MULTIMODALITIES IN THE ANIMATION OF CRIME NEWS | 第57-84页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第57页 |
| 5.2 Analysis of Verbal Modality in Animation in Crime News Reporting | 第57-69页 |
| 5.2.1 Ideational Meaning: Transitivity System | 第57-64页 |
| 5.2.2 Interpersonal Meaning: Mood and Modality | 第64-67页 |
| 5.2.3 Textual Meaning: Thematic Structure | 第67-69页 |
| 5.3 Analysis of the Visual Image of Animation in Crime News Reporting | 第69-83页 |
| 5.3.1 Representational Meaning | 第69-74页 |
| 5.3.2 Interactive Meaning | 第74-80页 |
| 5.3.3 Compositional Meaning | 第80-83页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第83-84页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第84-88页 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 第84页 |
| 6.2 Summary of Major Findings | 第84-86页 |
| 6.3 Implications | 第86页 |
| 6.4 Limitations | 第86-87页 |
| 6.5 Suggestions for Future Research | 第87-88页 |
| REFERENCES | 第88-93页 |
| APPENDICES | 第93-97页 |
| Appendix A | 第93-95页 |
| Appendix B | 第95-97页 |
