| ABSTRACT | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| 2.1 Basic Theoretical Research on National Image | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.1 General Development of National Image | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Connotation of National Image | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2 Construction Research on National Image | 第17-20页 |
| 2.2.1 Theoretical Foundation of Construction Research | 第18页 |
| 2.2.2 Research Approaches of Construction Research | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.3 Research Content of Construction Research | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Research on China’s National Image in American Media | 第20-25页 |
| 2.3.1 General Analysis of China’s National Image | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.2 Research Based on Specific Samples in Media | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3.3 Literature Evaluation | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第25-35页 |
| 3.1 Historical Development of Appraisal Theory | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2 Basic Framework of Appraisal Theory | 第26-31页 |
| 3.2.1 Attitude System | 第27-31页 |
| 3.2.1.1 Affect | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.1.2 Judgement | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.1.3 Appreciation | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.2 Overlap between Subcategories of Attitude | 第31页 |
| 3.3 Studies on the Appraisal Theory | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第35-43页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第35-36页 |
| 4.2 Research Samples and Data Sources | 第36-37页 |
| 4.3 Research Instrument | 第37-38页 |
| 4.4 Research Approach | 第38页 |
| 4.5 Research Procedure | 第38-43页 |
| 4.5.1 Machine Annotation of the Attitude Resources | 第38-41页 |
| 4.5.2 Manual Annotation of the Attitude Resources | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第43-71页 |
| 5.1 Topics of China-related and Japan-related News in CNN | 第43-48页 |
| 5.1.1 Topics of China-related Reports in CNN | 第43-45页 |
| 5.1.2 Topics of Japan-related Reports in CNN | 第45-48页 |
| 5.2 China’s National Image Construction Achieved by Attitude Resources | 第48-68页 |
| 5.2.1 Attitude Resources in China-related Reports in CNN | 第48-57页 |
| 5.2.1.1 Overall characterization of attitude resources | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2.1.2 The distribution of attitude resources in different topics | 第49-57页 |
| 5.2.2 Comparison on Attitude Resources of China-related and Japan-related NewsReports in CNN | 第57-68页 |
| 5.2.2.1 Attitude resources in Japan-related news texts in CNN | 第57-60页 |
| 5.2.2.2 Comparison on distribution of attitude resources | 第60-68页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第71-77页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第71-74页 |
| 6.1.1 General Construction: More Watchful | 第71-72页 |
| 6.1.2 General Construction: Multi-dimensional | 第72页 |
| 6.1.3 Specific Construction: Leader and Environmental Image | 第72页 |
| 6.1.4 Specific Construction: Cultural, Social and Military Image | 第72-73页 |
| 6.1.5 Specific Construction: Economic, Political, Technology and Disaster Image | 第73-74页 |
| 6.1.6 Subsystem Analysis: Affect Resources | 第74页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第74页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第74-77页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第77-81页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第81-83页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第83页 |
