| Introduction: The TV Talk Show Is the Message: The Roles Played by TV Talk Shows in Current American Culture—A Problem Statement | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter One: The TV Talk Show as a Controversial Topic—A Literature Review of TVTalk Show Studies | 第13-24页 |
| Chapter Two: A Hybrid of TV and Talk—The Characteristics of the TV Talk Show | 第24-30页 |
| ·Presenting Images While Conveying Voices—A Both Verbal and Visual Media Genre | 第25-26页 |
| ·Making the Show by Presenting and Producing the Reality—A Both Scripted/Fictional and Spontaneous/Factual Genre | 第26-27页 |
| ·Talking Personally and Talking about the Privacy on Mass Media—A Both Private/Personal and Public/Social Genre | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three: Role One of the TV Talk Show: A Forum Presenting American "Culture Wars | 第30-54页 |
| ·"Culture Wars"—A Definition | 第30-31页 |
| ·The TV Talk Show as Forum of American "Culture Wars | 第31-50页 |
| ·The Tension between Low and High Cultures | 第32-38页 |
| ·The Tension between Mainstream and Marginal Cultures | 第38-45页 |
| ·The Tension between the Culture in the Official Discourse and The Culture in the Civil Discourse | 第45-50页 |
| ·The TV Talk Show as Cultural Forum for Political Wars | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter Four: Role Two of the TV Talk Show: The Participant Shaping American Culture in "Culture Wars | 第54-84页 |
| ·Medium and Message—McLuhan's Definition | 第54-55页 |
| ·American Culture in the Age of the TV Talk Show | 第55-84页 |
| ·Promoting Multiculturalism | 第57-63页 |
| ·Encouraging Image Culture | 第63-72页 |
| ·Advocating the Culture of Entertainment | 第72-84页 |
| Conclusion | 第84-91页 |
| Reference | 第91-96页 |
| 作者在读期间科研成果简介 | 第96-97页 |
| 声明 | 第97-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-99页 |
