Chapter 1Introduction
11The research background
111The research motivations
112The research objectives
12The significance of the research
13The research data and methodology
131Research data
132Research methodology
14The organization of the book
Chapter 2Media, media literacy and media literacy education
21Media
211What is media?
212Studies on news
22Media literacy
221What is media literacy?
222Characteristics and skills of media literacy
223Critical thinking
23Media literacy education
231What is media literacy education?
232The purpose and “key concepts” of media literacy education
233Teaching media literacy
24Summary
Chapter 3Critical discourse analysis
31Critical discourse analysis
311News discourse studies
312Notion of CDA
313Previous studies on CDA
314Language, media and society
32Fairclough′s threedimensional model
33Halliday′s three metafunctions of language
331The ideational metafunction
332The interpersonal metafunction
333The textual metafunction
34Summary
Chapter 4Analyzing news messages: an approach from CDA
41Data collection and sample cases selection
42Critical analysis of sample reports
421Description
422Interpretation and explanation
43Summary
Chapter 5Conclusion
51Findings and implications of the research
52Limitations of the research
Appendix 1Online Model for Learning the Elements and
Standards of Critical Thinking
Appendix 2Excerpts From Core Principles of Media
Literacy Education in the United States
Appendix 3Eight Key Concepts of Media Literacy
Appendix 4Full Texts of the News Samples
Appendix 5News Sources in the Samples
References