Thesis information "Structure of youth entertainment activities: comparing working youth and school youth" by HVCH Cao Phuong Thuy, major in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Cao Phuong Thuy 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: November 27, 1987 4. Place of birth: Ha Giang City 5. Decision to recognize student No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH, dated October 14, 2009 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: "Structure of youth entertainment activities: comparing the group of working youth and the group of school-going youth" 8. Major: Sociology. Code: 60.31.30 9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Quy Thanh 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: The topic "Structure of entertainment activities of young people: comparing the group of working young people and the group of studying young people" with the goal of clarifying the structure of entertainment forms of two groups of young people: studying young people and working young people, finding out the level of use of entertainment time for each type of entertainment of young people; analyzing the differences in the structure of entertainment activities of the two groups of young people; factors affecting the entertainment activities of the two groups of young people; proposing some recommendations and solutions to help young people choose suitable types of entertainment. With the specific objectives as above, through the process of researching the thesis, it can be seen that today's developing society has created many types of entertainment, each type of entertainment has different characteristics and benefits, and the level of use of different types of entertainment. Among the types of entertainment: Passive (Watching TV; listening to the radio; surfing the web; chatting online; playing games, playing electronic games), active (Going out/going for a walk with friends; going shopping; going for a drink, coffee, or draft beer after work; going to karaoke; going on picnics, traveling; going to see light music performances; going to watch live sports competitions; going to the cinema; going to see traditional art forms; going to exercise, playing sports), the forms of watching TV, going for a walk with friends, listening to the radio are the activities that are regularly performed by groups of young people. There is a clear difference in the choice of two types of entertainment, passive and active, by young people. The passive entertainment group is chosen more by young people (3.2/4 points), while active entertainment has only 2.6/4 points. This shows that passive entertainment is still dominant in the entertainment field of young people. In the process of comparing the two groups of young people who go to school and work in terms of the level of entertainment activities, there are differences between the groups of young people. Young people who go to work tend to have a higher level of using active forms of entertainment (2.61/4 points) than the group of young people who go to school (2.51/4 points). And conversely, the group of young people who go to school tends to have a higher level of passive entertainment (3.32/4 points) than the group who go to work (2.03/4 points). At the same time, there are also differences between the two groups of young people at different ages, as well as in different cities in terms of entertainment levels. The older the group of young people who go to school, the less they use active forms of entertainment and at the same time, in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, young people tend to have a higher level of active entertainment than in less developed provinces like Hai Duong and Tay Ninh. Factors affecting the choice and level of performing entertainment activities of the two groups of young people who go to school and work show that "economic factors" (material means such as phones, televisions, computers, motorbikes, etc. and monthly spending) have the strongest influence among all factors and are only true for passive forms of entertainment but not true for active forms of entertainment of both groups who go to school and work. In the active form of entertainment for young people who go to work, the strongest factor affecting the level of performing entertainment activities is "living outside the family for more than 3 months"; for young people who are going to school, it is the factor "Being a club officer". Thus, the initial hypothesis that "Economic factors have the strongest influence on the level of using entertainment activities of young people" is only true in the case of passive forms of entertainment but not true for active forms of entertainment. Nowadays, many young people have negative behaviors to relieve their stress. The most common forms of young people are smoking, drinking alcohol, gambling, motorbike racing, and fighting. Young people's entertainment activities are quite diverse. These activities include both active and passive activities. Young people's entertainment activities today are not just simple entertainment but also oriented and selective entertainment. Due to improved material living conditions and increasing entertainment needs, people in general and young people in particular have invested a lot of their free time in using various forms of entertainment. There is a difference in the level of entertainment between young people who go to school and young people who go to work, in addition to the difference between the ages and living areas of young people who go to school and work. Currently, big cities or urban areas have more entertainment venues for young people than in rural and remote areas. That requires more attention from the whole society to the entertainment needs of young people. 11. Practical applicability: The research results have provided an overview of the level of entertainment activities of young people, showing the factors affecting the entertainment activities of young people, the difference in the level of entertainment activities of two groups of young people going to school and young people going to work. At the same time, the topic also gives some recommendations on solutions to improve the quality of entertainment activities of young people. 12. Further research directions: Is there a relationship between improper use of free time for entertainment activities and social evils? Why do young people choose less active entertainment instead of entertainment activities that can bring good things to themselves? 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Cao Phuong Thuy 2. Sex: Female. 3. Date of birth: November 27, 1987 4. Place of birth: Ha Giang City 5. Admission decision number: 1528/2009/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH; Dated: October 14, 2009. 6. Changes in academic process: No. 7. Official thesis title: “Entertainment structure of the youth: comparison between youth group works and the one studies” 8. Major: Sociology Code: 60 31 30. 9. Supervisor: Associate Professor. Dr. Nguyen Quy Thanh 10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Topic “Entertainment structure of the youth: comparison between youth group works and the one studies” with the aim to make clear entertainment structure of two groups: the youth studies and the youth works, study entertainment use level for the youth's each entertainment form; analyze a difference in two groups' entertainment structure; the factors affecting two youth groups' entertainment; Give some recommendations and solutions to assist the youth choose entertainment form properly. With specific objectives as above, in the thesis research process, it shows the society nowadays develops that appears many forms of entertainment, each of them brings features and different usefulnesses, level of using entertainment forms is various. In entertainment forms: Passive (Watch TV; listen to radio, graze web, chat on internet, play game, electronic game), active (Go out/ take a walk with friends; go shopping, go to drink water, coffee, or beer after working time; go to sing karaoke, go outdoor, travel; go to see live shows; go to see direct competition of sports; go to cenima; go to see traditional artistic forms, go to take exercise, sport), watching TV, take a walk with friends, listening to radio are regularly performed by the youth groups. Having relatively evident difference in choosing the youth's two passive and active entertainment forms. Passive entertainment group is chosen more by the youth (3.2/4 points), and active entertainment group only gets 2.6/4 points. This shows that passive entertainment forms predominates in the youth's entertainment field. In the process of comparing between two groups: the youth studies and the youth works with entertainment levels, it indicates there is a difference between the youth groups. The youth working tends to use active entertainment forms (2.61/4). And vice verse, the youth studying focuses to use passive entertainment (3.32/4) higher than the group working (2.03/4). Similarly, it also has a difference among two youth groups at various ages, as well as at cities about entertainment level. Higher and higher age it is, the less the youth group studying uses active entertainment form and concurrently at big cities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, the youth tends to use active entertainment higher compared with the provinces developed less as Hai Duong, Tay Ninh. The factors affecting its choice and g entertainment level of two youth groups: work and study indicate “economic factors” (physical means such as telephone, TV, computer, motorbike, etc and consumption in month) have strongest affect in all the factors and are only correct for passive entertainment of two youth groups: study and work. Active entertainment for the youth working as the strongest factor affecting entertainment of entertainments implementation is “Living out of the family over 03 months”; for the youth, who studies is “Club officer”. Therefore, initial supposition “Economic factor has the strongest affect on using the youth's entertainments” is proper in passive entertainment form but not proper with active one. Now, a lot of the youth have negative behavior to relax their stress. In there, the form, which the youth does best is smoking, drinking alcohol, beer, the next gambling, motorbike racing, fighting. The youth's entertainment is rather various. Those entertainments include active activities and passive ones. The youth's entertainment is now purely but also oriented, selective. Because physical life is improved and demand of entertainment is higher and higher, people in general and especially the youth in private invests fairly much their free time in using entertainment forms. There is difference in entertainment level between the youth studying and the youth working; besides, there is also a vary among ages, resident area of the youth studying and working. Now big cities or urban areas have many entertainment parks for the youth more than at rural areas, remote areas. This requires more interest from the whole society for the youth's entertainment demand. 11. Practical applicability: Research results have given an overview of the young people's leisure implementation activities, the factors that affect all these activities as well as the differences of the level implementation between young people in school and at work. At the same time, subjects also gave some recommendations on solutions to improve the quality leisure activities for young people 12. Further research directions: Whether existing relation between incorrectly using free time for entertainment activities and social evils or not? Why does the youth choose less active entertainment forms instead of the entertainment, which can bring the best things for themselves? 13. Thesis-related publications: No.
