"Face To Face" Study

Face to face is the first news talk show that has formed an elementary dimension in China, and it is also the most sophisticated show on exclusive interviews with news figures. Based on the face to face, one to one form of communication, by focusing on news figures, the show uncovers news events though news figures and, in the meantime, highlights the latter though the formerIn stead of offering a comprehensive and detailed illustration of all the related research aspects of talk shows, this thesis is going to focus solely on the targeted program, on which it will make a thorough analysis by adopting content analysis and text analysis as the major research methods.The first chapter makes a brief review of the program's history. Three month after its first appearance, this program rose to instant fame in the SARS News Battle, and ever since it has formed its own structure and features. The second chapter analyzes its major elements - the hosts, news figures and news events. It is pointed out in this chapter that there is a lack of controversial news figures in this program. The third chapter sums up the program's significance in the academic field of communication by analyzing its verbal and non-verbal language elements based on related communication theories. As an interview show, verbal language is its major information carrier. The fourth chapter explains its special narrative features by respectively discussing its narrative structure and narrative skills by adopting related narratology theories.