| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-22页 |
| ·A Brief introduction of the Beijing Olympic Games | 第15-16页 |
| ·The significance of critical analysis of Beijing Olympics-related news | 第16-19页 |
| ·The background and purpose of the dissertation | 第19-21页 |
| ·The structure of the dissertation | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-47页 |
| ·Media discourse | 第22-29页 |
| ·Definition of news | 第23-27页 |
| ·The concept of objectivity | 第27-29页 |
| ·A historical review of news research | 第29-31页 |
| ·Theories of critical discourse analysis | 第31-35页 |
| ·Definition of critical linguistics | 第31-32页 |
| ·Definition of critical discourse analysis | 第32-35页 |
| ·Power and ideology in language | 第35-39页 |
| ·Definition of ideology | 第35-37页 |
| ·Definition of power | 第37-38页 |
| ·Language and ideology | 第38-39页 |
| ·A review of the previous CDA studies abroad | 第39-42页 |
| ·A review of previous CDA studies at home | 第42-43页 |
| ·The research on Olympics-related coverage | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Three Data Collection and Samples | 第47-54页 |
| ·Source of the Samples | 第47页 |
| ·Authority and influence of both newspapers | 第47-51页 |
| ·Introduction of People’s Daily | 第48-49页 |
| ·Introduction of The New York Times | 第49-51页 |
| ·Samples of Olympics-related news report | 第51-54页 |
| ·Sample selection | 第51-52页 |
| ·The background of news samples | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Four Analytic Tools of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第54-67页 |
| ·The theoretical framework for the present research | 第54页 |
| ·Fairclough’s three-dimensional model | 第54-58页 |
| ·A three-dimensional model for CDA | 第55-57页 |
| ·Intertextuality | 第57-58页 |
| ·Halliday’s systemic-functional grammar model | 第58-65页 |
| ·Ideational function | 第59-63页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第60-61页 |
| ·Lexical Classification | 第61-62页 |
| ·Transformation | 第62-63页 |
| ·Interpersonal function | 第63-64页 |
| ·Textual function | 第64-65页 |
| ·Application of three-dimensional the model and systemic function grammar | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Five A Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of Beijing Olympics-related News | 第67-112页 |
| ·The dimension of text | 第67-93页 |
| ·Lexical classification | 第67-76页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第76-82页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第77-80页 |
| ·Transitivity analysis of samples | 第80-82页 |
| ·Transformation | 第82-84页 |
| ·Voice | 第84-88页 |
| ·Active Voice | 第85页 |
| ·Passivization | 第85-88页 |
| ·Modality | 第88-93页 |
| ·The dimension of discursive practice | 第93-106页 |
| ·Intertextuality | 第93-103页 |
| ·Modes of Reporting | 第94-101页 |
| ·Reporting Verbs | 第101-103页 |
| ·News Sources | 第103-106页 |
| ·The dimension of social practice | 第106-112页 |
| ·The criteria of news values | 第107-109页 |
| ·Social determinants of Olympic-related news | 第109-110页 |
| ·The hidden ideology in the Olympic-related news | 第110-112页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第112-116页 |
| ·A summary of the findings | 第112-115页 |
| ·Limitations of the dissertation | 第115-116页 |
| Appendice | 第116-133页 |
| Bibliography | 第133-139页 |
