Chapter 1 Introduction: Objectives of Study
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Purpose and Background of the Study
1.3 Comparative Dimension of Stance in Television News Presentation
1.4 The Objectives and Research Questions
1.5 Outline of the Dissertation
Chapter 2 Literature Review:Stance and Television News Presentation
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Stance and Appraisal Theory
2.3 Review of Television News Presentation
2. 4 Conclusions
Chapter 3 Methodology and Data
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Brief Account of Appraisal Theory
3.3 White's Extended Framework
3.4 Data and Coding
3.5 Conclusions
Chapter 4 Realizations of Stance in the Television News Coverage of the Syria Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of CCTV and BBC Television News
4.1 Introduction
4.2 General Description of the Data
4.3 Attribution as Realization of Stance
4.4 Agency and Affectedness:The Representation of Casualties in the Syria Crisi
4.5 Conclusions
Chapter 5 Realizations of Stance in the Television News Coverage of the Eurozone Crisis: A Comparative Study of CCTV and BBC Television News Presentations
5.1 Description of the Data
5.2 Distribution of Attitude Polarity
5.3 Attribution
5.4 Agency and Affectedness: The Discourse of Austerity in the Presentation of the Eurozone Crisis
5.5 Conclusions
Chapter 6 Realizations of Stance in the Television News Coverage of the Boston Bombing: A Comparative Study of CCTV and BBC Television News Presentations
6.1 A General Description of the Data
6.2 Attitude as Realization of Stance in the Television News Coverage of the Boston Bombing
6.3 Attribution as Realization of Stance
6.4 Agency and Affectedness:Suspects in News Representation
6.5 Conclusions
Chapter 7 Realizations of Stance in the Television News Coverage of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
7.1 A Description of the Data
7.2 Attitude as Realization of Stance in the Television News Coverage of Typhoon Haiyan
7.3 Attribution as Realization of Stance in the News Coverage of Typhoon Haiyan
7.4 Agency and Affectedness: The Case of Mediated Representation of Distant Suffering
7.5 Conclusions and Discussion
Chapter 8 Discussion and Conclusions
8.1 Further Discussion
8.2 Conclusions
8.3 Contributions and Limitations
References
Appendices
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
