Acknowledgements4-5
Abstract5-7
摘要7-11
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH BACKGROUND11-16
1.1 ECONOMICAND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF PRESENT STUDY11-13
1.1.1 Economic Background: the Preferential Popcies in Southwestern China11
1.1.2 An Ideal Place for Graduates’ Career Development11-13
1.2 THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF SICHUAN/CHONGQING CULTURE13-14
1.3 THE EMERGENCE AND PREVALENCE OF DIALECT PROGRAMS14-15
1.4 RATIONALES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PRESENT STUDY15-16
1.4.1 Practical Significance15
1.4.2 Academic Significance15-16
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW16-32
2.1 ANOVERVIEW OF THIS CHAPTER16-17
2.2 IDENTIFYING KEY CONCEPTS17-21
2.2.1 Co-culture17
2.2.2 Cultural Identity17-19
2.2.3 Acculturation19-20
2.2.4 Intercultural Effectiveness20-21
2.3 IDENTITY-RELATED THEORIES AND STUDIES21-27
2.3.1 Identity in Traditional Social Science21-23
2.3.2 Identity in Communication23-25
2.3.3 Identity in Intercultural Effectiveness and Acculturation25-27
2.4 PREVIOUS STUDIES AND THEIR LIMITATION27-30
2.4.1 Previous Studies on Chinese Co-culture Identity and Acculturation27-29
2.4.2 Previous Studies on Chinese dialect programs29-30
2.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES30-32
2.5.1 Summary and Research Questions30-31
2.5.2 Hypotheses31-32
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH PROCESS32-38
3.1 QUANTITATIVE STUDY32-37
3.1.1 Measure: The Suinn-Lew Self Identity Acculturation scale (SL-ASIA) (Modified)32-34
3.1.2 Procedure34-35
3.1.3 Participants35-37
3.2 QUALITATIVE STUDY: INTERVIEWS37-38
3.2.1 Procedure37-38
3.2.2 Participants38
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS38-52
4.1 ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPANTS’ EXPOSURE TO DIALECT TV PROGRAMS38-40
4.2 CULTURAL IDENTITY STATUS (SL-ASIASCORES ANALYSIS)40-44
4.2.1 Repabipty of the modified SL-ASIA40-41
4.2.2 Descriptive Statistics of the SL-ASIA scores41-42
4.2.3 Correlational Study of the Subscales42-44
4.3 DIALECT PROGRAM WATCHING BEHIORS AND PARTICIPANTS’ IDENTITY44-48
4.4 OTHER FACTORS: BIRTH PLACE, GENDERAND RESIDENCY PLAN48-51
4.5 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: INTERVIEWS51-52
4.5.1 Dialects’ Influence on Non-natives’ Language Capabipty51
4.5.2 Dialects’ Influence on Non-natives’ Acculturation51-52
4.5.3 Dialects’ Influence on Non-natives’ Cultural Identity Reconstruction52
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION52-57
5.1 KEYFINDINGS52-55
5.2 IMPLICATIONS55-57
REFERENCES57-65
APPENDIX65-75