TTLV: The press and the issue of social monitoring and criticism.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

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 No. 1503/QD-XHNV-SDH dated August 6, 2012, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title: Journalism and the issue of social monitoring and criticism.

8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60320101

9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Dung – Head of the Journalism Department, Academy of Journalism and Communication, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

The topic "Journalism and the Issue of Social Monitoring and Criticism" clarifies theoretical issues regarding the function and role of journalism in social monitoring and criticism. It affirms that social monitoring and criticism are among the most important functions of journalism, and are also increasingly demanding requirements from the public and society for journalistic works. The pursuit of highly critical works is a general trend in modern media in general and journalism in particular.

This thesis surveys, investigates, and analyzes the content and form of articles with social monitoring and critical commentary on the amendment of the 1992 Constitution published in three reputable print newspapers: Tuoi Tre Ho Chi Minh City, Thanh Nien, and Dai Bieu Nhan Dan, in order to understand the effectiveness and frankly acknowledge some limitations in the press's role of social monitoring and critical commentary.

Through an assessment of the current state of social monitoring and criticism by three newspapers regarding the 1992 Constitutional Amendment, this thesis offers some observations and boldly proposes several recommendations to improve the quality of social monitoring and criticism by the press in the future.

11. Practical applications: (if any)

12. Future research directions: (if any)

Based on the research findings summarized in this thesis, the following directions for further research can be suggested:

- Monitoring and social criticism through television and news.

- Monitoring and social critique through online newspapers.

- Monitoring and social criticism through radio broadcasts.

- Improve the quality of media oversight and social critique….

13. Published works related to the thesis:

(List the works 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: