| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-25页 |
| 1. Purpose of this Study | 第10-13页 |
| 2. Key Definitions in the Field of Intercultural Communication | 第13-16页 |
| 3. Brief History of Michael H. Prosser’s Intercultural Life | 第16-19页 |
| 4. Brief History of Michael H. Prosser’s Influences and Contributions to Intercultural Communication | 第19-23页 |
| 5. Meaningfulness and Innovation of this Thesis | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第25-38页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication Development during the Late 1960s and through the 1970s | 第25-29页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication Development during the 1980s and Early 1990s | 第29-33页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication Development during the Late 1990s up to 2009 | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter 2 Methodology | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Main Research Question | 第38页 |
| ·The Specific Survey Questions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Survey of Prosser’s Former Colleagues and CRTNET Readers | 第38-39页 |
| ·Survey of Prosser’s Intercultural Communication Students in China | 第39页 |
| ·Respondents | 第39-40页 |
| ·Research Processes | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 3 Investigating Prosser’s Major Works in Comparison with Other Intercultural Communication Scholars in the Same Periods | 第42-69页 |
| ·Intercommunication among Nations and Peoples (1973) | 第42-47页 |
| ·In Comparison with Alfred Smith’s Communication and Culture:Readings in the Codes of Human Interaction (1966) | 第43-44页 |
| ·In Comparison with Samovar & Porter’s Intercultural Communication: A Reader (1972) | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Cultural Dialogue (1978, 1985, 1989) | 第47-57页 |
| ·In Comparison with Harms’Intercultural Communication (1973) | 第50-51页 |
| ·In Comparison with Arthur Smith’s Transracial Communication (1973) | 第51-52页 |
| ·In Comparison with Condon and Yousef’s An Introduction to Intercultural Communication (1975) | 第52-55页 |
| ·In Comparison with Sitaram and Cogdell’s Foundations of Intercultural Communication (1976) | 第55-57页 |
| ·Diplomatic Discourse (Donahue & Prosser, 1997) | 第57-58页 |
| ·Civic Discourse (Sitaram & Prosser, 1998, 1999) | 第58-61页 |
| ·Intercultural Perspectives on Chinese Communication (Kulich & Prosser, 2007) | 第61-63页 |
| ·Michael H. Prosser’s Cultural Dialogue in China | 第63-69页 |
| ·Survey of Michael H. Prosser’s Intercultural Communication Students at Shanghai International Studies University | 第65页 |
| ·Investigations into Michael H. Prosser’s Website | 第65-69页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of the Surveys of Michael H. Prosser’s Contemporaries and Colleagues | 第69-75页 |
| ·Prosser’s Contributions in General | 第69-70页 |
| ·Prosser’s Contributions in His Academic Works | 第70-72页 |
| ·Prosser’s Contributions in Conferences and Associations | 第72-73页 |
| ·Prosser’s Other Unique Contributions | 第73页 |
| ·Summary of the Chapter | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第75-82页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第75-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第79-80页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第80页 |
| ·Conclusions and Final Comments | 第80-82页 |
| References | 第82-92页 |
| Appendix A Academic Survey Questions & Answers | 第92-111页 |
| Appendix B Survey of IC Majors at SISU | 第111-113页 |
| APPENDIX C The Journey of an Intercultural/International Communication Scholar: Dr. Michael Prosser. China Media Reports | 第113-131页 |
| Appendix D Michael H. Prosser’s “Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium” series books (Prepared by Michael H. Prosser) | 第131-133页 |
