TTLV: Journalism and the issue of social supervision and criticism

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Nguyen Thi Hai Van. 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: August 22, 1987

4. Place of birth: Nghi Dien - Nghi Loc - Nghe An

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1503/QD-XHNV-SDH dated August 6, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: Journalism with the issue of social supervision and criticism

8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60320101

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Dung – Head of Journalism Department, Academy of Journalism and Communication, Hanoi.

10. Summary of thesis results:

The topic “The press and the issue of social supervision and criticism” clarifies theoretical issues about the function and role of the press in social supervision and criticism, thereby affirming that social supervision and criticism is one of the most important functions of the press, and at the same time, it is an increasingly high requirement and demand of the public and social life for journalistic works. Aiming for highly critical works is the general trend of modern media in general and the press in particular.

The thesis surveys, studies and analyzes the content and form of expression of articles with content of social supervision and criticism on the amendment of the 1992 Constitution of 3 prestigious printed newspapers: Tuoi Tre TP Ho Chi Minh, Thanh Nien, Dai De Nhan Dan to see the effectiveness as well as frankly acknowledge some limitations in the press performing its role of social supervision and criticism.

Through assessing the current status of social supervision and criticism of 3 newspapers with the event of amending the Constitution in 1992, the thesis makes some comments and boldly proposes some recommendations to contribute to improving the quality of social supervision and criticism of the press in the coming time.

11. Practical application: (if any)

12. Further research directions: (if any)

From the research results that the thesis summarizes, it is possible to suggest further research directions such as:

- Social monitoring and criticism on television and newspapers

- Social monitoring and criticism on online newspapers

- Social monitoring and criticism on radio and newspapers

- Improve the quality of press supervision and social criticism….

13. Published works related to the thesis:

(list projects in chronological order if available)            

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Hai Van 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: August 22, 1987

4. Place of birth: Nghi Dien – Nghi Loc – Nghe An

5. Admission decision number: 1503/QD-XHNV-SDH dated August 6, 2012 by Principle of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: The Press with social oversight and criticism

8. Major: Journalism 9. Code:60320101

10. Supervisor: Asso. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Dung – Dean, Faculty of Journalism, Academy of Journalism and Communication, Hanoi.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis titled “The Press with social oversight and criticism” aims to clarify the theoretical aspect of social oversight and criticism of the press, thus affirming social oversight and criticism is one of the most important functions of the press. This is also an increasing demand of the public and the society towards press works. Reaching towards highly critical works is a common trend of modern media in general and journalism in particular.

This thesis provides a survey and analysis of content and formats of articles published with critical arguments on the revision of the 1992 Constitution on 3 prestigious printed newspapers, namely Ho Chi Minh city's Youth Newspaper, The Youth Newspaper, People's Representative Newspaper to highlight the efficiency as well as recognize the press' limitation in fulfilling their role of social criticism and oversight.

By assessing the situation of social criticism and oversight of the three newspapers in response to the revision of the 1992 Constitution, the thesis provides a number of comments and proposals straightforward suggestions for quality improvement of the press' social criticism and oversight in the future.

12. Practical applicability (if any)

13. Further research directions (if any)

From the thesis findings, further research directions could be as follow:

- Social criticism and oversight on television

- Social criticism and oversight on online newspapers

- Social criticism and oversight on radio

14. Thesis-related publications: