Information on the thesis "Public participation in online newspaper forums (Survey of the "Forum" column of Dan Tri newspaper, "Readers' opinions" of Vietnamnet and "Readers" of Vnexpress)" by VHCH Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, majoring in Journalism.1. Full name of student: Nguyen Ngoc Cuong 2. Gender: Male 3. Date of birth: April 26, 1981 4. Place of birth: Hanoi 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 1883/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 21, 2010 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 name: Public participation in the electronic newspaper forum (Survey of the "Forum" column of Dan Tri newspaper, "Readers' opinions" of Vietnamnet and "Readers" of Vnexpress). 8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60 32 01 9. Scientific supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Truong Giang, Academy of Journalism and Communication 10: Summary of thesis results: Through a field survey, the thesis has provided results to evaluate the current status of the forums in the above newspapers. There are some noteworthy conclusions such as: The above figures show that the newspapers pay great attention to building a lively and enthusiastic readers' forum, contributing to creating a common voice and influencing public opinion. Through surveys and research, it is shown that this is a section containing articles and opinions of readers expressing their concerns or issues raised by the editorial board. It can be seen that the articles of readers in the section: "Readers" are all opinions and assessments of events from the perspective of readers - witnesses following events through mass media. Or “reflect” life from the angles that readers directly witness and record… This thesis also shows the role of readers in the forum section, the role of social monitoring and criticism, as a forum for readers, a measure and expression of democracy, creating public opinion, influencing major economic, political, and social issues, increasing understanding. The thesis also finds shortcomings and limitations that need to be overcome such as: topics are not rich, the form of articles is still simple, all information has not been verified, and there are limitations in technical methods for interaction between readers and the section. The thesis has proposed a number of measures to improve the quality of the forum section with basic solutions to support public participation in the section such as: Improving the quality of editors, professionalizing the feedback team, listening to the public, diversifying forms to attract readers to participate in the public, having a plan to build a forum, upgrading infrastructure, innovating technology, and having a worthy treatment regime.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
. Full name: Nguyen Ngoc Cuong 2. Sex: Male 3. Date of birth: April 26, 1981 4. Place of birth: Hanoi 5. Student Certificate No. 1883/QD-XHNV-SDH dated 21st October, 2010 by the Principle of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi. 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Name of the thesis: The public Joining The Electronic Newspaper Forum (based on surveys of Sections such as “Forum” of Dan Tri Newspaper, “Reader's comments” of Vietnamnet, and “Readers” of Vnexpress) 8. Faculty: Journalism Studies; Code: 60 32 01 9. Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Truong Giang, Academy of Journalism and Communication. 10: Summary of the thesis: Based on the actual survey, the thesis has shown results of evaluating the forum section of the newspapers mentioned above. Here are some considerable summaries: the figures above show that the newspapers pay great attention to establishing a hot and exciting readers' forum which makes great contribution to social opinions. The surveys and researches show that this section contains readers' writing and opinions on issues making them pressured or on those raised by the editor. It can be seen that the writings in “Readers' Forum” are opinions of the readers themselves who observe events and news through the media. Besides, the writings also reflect the life in the readers' own eyes. This thesis also shows the role of readers in the forums as observers, democratic representatives, generator of social opinions, affecting economic, political, social issues. The thesis also shows disadvantages and drawbacks that need to be solved such as the topics are not very diverse, the form of writing is too simple which has not shown the complete view, technique of interaction between readers and the forums is limited. The thesis also suggests a variety of methods in order to improve the forum quality and attract the public's attention into the section such as improving editor's quality, well-training the staff of responding and listening to the public, diversifing forms to appeal readers, projecting to establish the forums, improving facilities, reforming technology, setting up appropriate benefit system.
