| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Questions of the Research | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第13页 |
| ·Methodology of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| ·News Studies | 第15-19页 |
| ·Definition of News | 第15-17页 |
| ·Classification of News | 第17页 |
| ·Nature of News | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies on News Discourse | 第19-23页 |
| ·News as Discourse | 第19-20页 |
| ·Studies on Discourse | 第20-23页 |
| ·Appraisal Theory and Its Application | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: Appraisal Theory | 第25-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25-26页 |
| ·Three Sub-systems of Appraisal Theory | 第26-39页 |
| ·Attitude in Detail | 第26-38页 |
| ·Affect | 第26-33页 |
| ·Positive vs. Negative Affect | 第27页 |
| ·Behavioral vs. Mental Process | 第27-28页 |
| ·Directed vs. Undirected | 第28页 |
| ·Low, Median vs. High | 第28-29页 |
| ·Realis vs. Irrealis | 第29页 |
| ·Un/happiness, In/security, Dissatisfaction | 第29-33页 |
| ·Judgment | 第33-35页 |
| ·Social Esteem and Social Sanction | 第34页 |
| ·Positive vs. Negative Judgment | 第34-35页 |
| ·of Appreciation | 第35-38页 |
| ·Interaction of Affect, Judgment and Appreciation | 第38页 |
| ·Explicit vs. Implicit Expressions in Attitude | 第38-39页 |
| ·Positive vs. Negative Evaluation in Attitude | 第39页 |
| ·An overview of Engagement | 第39页 |
| ·An overview of Graduation | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Contrastive Analysis of Attitude between Disaster News and Political News | 第41-71页 |
| ·Analysis of Attitudinal Resources in Disaster News | 第41-53页 |
| ·Analysis of Attitudinal Resources in Political News | 第53-65页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第65-68页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Disaster News | 第65-67页 |
| ·Data Analysis of Political News | 第67-68页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences between Disaster News and Political News | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第71-72页 |
| ·Implications | 第72-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-80页 |
