Chapter One Introduction An earthquake measuring 8。1 magnitude hit Nepal fiercely in 2015, causing at least 8986 dead, 22303 injured as well as the wide affected area including China's Tibet, India, Bangladesh and Bhutan, showing significant devastation of natural power。 The huge destructive power of disasters, therefore, strongly stimulates people’s desire to attain disastrous information at the first time。 Disastrous news reporting can greatly help people to grasp the change of the environment, offering accurate instructions to guide the public。 Hence, doing a good job in reporting disastrous news is an inevitable duty for news workers。 To some extent, media have the initiative to decide things (i。e。, the way they report, the content of news), however, they are not independent and connect closely with the whole society。 How to report disastrous news not only reflects the value orientations, concept and the way of news media, but also presents politics, culture, ideology, thinking model pursued by the country。 88904

Contents

Abstract 1

Contents 2

Chapter One Introduction 3

Chapter Two Literature Review 4

2。1 Introduction of Disastrous News Reporting 4

2。1。1 Definition 4

2。1。2 Background 5

2。2 Introduction of Relevant Researches 5

2。2。1 The Significance of Topic 5

2。3 Theoretical Background, Thought and Method 6

2。3。1 Discourse Analysis 6

2。3。2 Object, Thought and Method 7

2。3。3 Research Method 8

2。4 Data Collection & Analysis 9

2。5 Discussion 10

Chapter Three Form and Function 13

3。1 Transitivity 13

3。1。1 Moderation V。S Exaggeration 13

3。1。2 Pseudo Equilibrium 14

3。2 Mood & Modality 15

3。2。1 Changes of Mood: Direct Speech 17

3。2。2 Modality 17

3。3 Cohesion 19

3。3。1 Hypotaxis V。S。 Parataxis 19

Chapter Four Stylistics & Rhetoric 23

4。1 Stylistics 23

4。1。1 The Concern of Details 23

4。1。2 The Care for Inpiduals 24

4。2 Rhetoric 25

Chapter Five Contexts & Cultures 27

5。1Properties of Newspapers as Demander 27

5。2 National Relationship as Promoter 28

5。3 Cultural Background as Founder 29

Chapter Six Conclusion 32

6。1 Conclusion 32

6。2 Suggestions 32

6。3 Limitation 33

Works Cited 34

Appendix 《中国日报》和《纽约时报》关于灾难性新闻报道的比较话语研究:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_170931.html