Information on the thesis "Public Participation in Online Newspaper Forums (Survey of the 'Forum' section of Dan Tri newspaper, 'Reader's Opinions' of Vietnamnet and 'Readers' of Vnexpress)" by VHCH Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, majoring in Journalism.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Ngoc Cuong 2. Gender: Male 3. Date of Birth: April 26, 1981 4. Place of Birth: Hanoi 5. Decision No. 1883/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 21, 2010, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Public Participation in Online Newspaper Forums (Survey of the "Forum" section of Dan Tri newspaper, "Reader's 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 practical surveys, the thesis has presented results to assess the current state of forums in newspapers. There are some noteworthy conclusions such as: The above figures show that newspapers pay great attention to building a vibrant and enthusiastic reader forum, contributing to creating a common voice and impacting public opinion. Through surveys and research, it is shown that this section contains articles and opinions of readers expressing their concerns or on issues raised by the editorial board. It can be seen that the articles by readers in the "Readers" section are all opinions and assessments of events from the perspective of readers - those who witness and follow events through mass media. Or, it "reflects" life from the perspectives that readers directly witness and observe... This thesis also shows the role of readers in forum sections, their role in social oversight and criticism, as a forum for readers, a measure and expression of democracy, creating public opinion, influencing major economic, political, and social issues, and increasing understanding. The thesis also identifies shortcomings and limitations that need to be overcome, such as: a lack of diverse topics, simple article formats, incomplete verification of information, and limitations in technical methods for interaction between readers and the forum section. The thesis proposed several measures to improve the quality of forum sections by implementing fundamental solutions to support public participation, such as: improving the quality of editors, professionalizing the response team, listening to the public, diversifying formats to attract public participation, planning forum development, upgrading infrastructure, innovating technology, and providing appropriate incentives.
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.
