TTLV: Portraying portraits through interviews in Vietnamese print media today

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Tran Thi Huyen Cham       

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: April 8, 1987

4. Place of birth: Thai Binh.

5. Student recognition decision No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Portraying portraits through interviews in Vietnamese print media today.

8. Major: Journalism Code: 60.32.01.01

9. Scientific instructor:Prof. Dr. Do Quang Hung, Faculty of Political Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis has systematized the general theoretical basis of the interview genre and supplemented and developed a number of theoretical issues on the portrait interview format in Vietnamese print newspapers.

The thesis examines the content and form aspects of portrait interview works in newspapers.Sports - Weekend Culture, Weekend Laborand TopicsWorld Security Mid-Month – End of Month(from January 2012 to December 2014) through the following factors: number and scale of interviews, characters, questions, titles, sapo, other supporting information and aspects of content reflection.

The thesis points out the existing problems of portrait interviews in Vietnamese print newspapers today and proposes solutions to improve the quality of interviews and attract readers' attention.

11. Practical application:

The work provides an overview of portrait interviews in Vietnamese print media today. The research results from the theory and practice of the thesis will have an impact on press agencies and journalists in correctly perceiving the characteristics of the genre, role and position of portrait interviews in print media. Not only that, it also sees the shortcomings from the current state of portrait interviews and explains the causes, thereby proposing solutions to improve the quality of interviews in the print media system in our country.

The project provides journalists with the skills to present portrait interviews on the newspaper page to achieve effective information with the combination of many elements such as: headline, sapo, information box, photo, subheading... The effective combination of information doors will make the portrait interview become vivid and leave an impression in the eyes of readers.

The research results of the thesis on portrait interviews in print newspapers show that investing in improving the quality of interview works is a practical direction, contributing to promoting innovation and transformation of print newspapers in the period of fierce competition with television, radio, especially with online newspapers today, in order to promote the strengths and affirm the position of print newspapers in the general press life.

12. Further research directions:

Continue to study portrait interviews in different types of journalism from a comparative perspective to draw out the similarities and differences of portrait interviews in different types of journalism.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name:Tran Thi Huyen Cham            2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: April 8, 1987 4. Place of birth: Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SĐ dated December 30, 2013 by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University

6. Changes in academic process: N/A

7. Official thesis title: Portraying through interviewing in Vietnam newspapers today

8. Major: Newspapers and magazines Code: 60.32.01.01

9. Supervisor: Prof.DSc. By Quang Hung – Department of Political Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis summarizes the general theoretical bases of the interview genre and supplements, develops some theoretical questions of the interview in the portrayal genre in Vietnam newspapers.

The thesis surveys the aspects of form and content of interview in the genre portrayal in theSports-Weekly Culture, Weekend Laborand the special issues ofWorld Security Mid-Month - End of Month(from January 2012 to December 2014) through the factors: the number and length of interviews, characters, questions, titles, sapo, other supplementary information, and the aspects of the contents represented.

The thesis points out the dangers of interview in the portrayal genre in printed newspapers in Vietnam at the present time and proposes solutions to improve interview quality and attract the reader's interest.

11. Practical applicability:

This project gives a panoramic view over in the portrayal genre in Vietnam newspapers at present. The findings of the studies based on the theory and practice of the thesis will exert influence on the press agencies, journalists and media workers in correctly recognizing the specific features, role, position of the interview in the portrayal genre in printed newspapers. Not only restricted to that, but also in identifying the concerns from the real situation of interview in the genre portrayal and explaining the causes, from that to proposes solutions to improve interview works in our country's printed newspapers.

The project provides journalists with skills at representing interviews in the portrayal genre newspapers to achieve information efficiency, in combination with numerous factors such as titles, sapo, information boxes, pictures, sub-tiles…The efficient combination between information gates will make interviews in the portrayal genre lively and have their hallmarks in the reader's eyes.

The findings of the studies of interview in the portrayal genre in printed newspapers have shown that the investment in improving interview work quality is practical way to help push forward innovation of printed newspapers in the period of competing stiffly with radio and television, especially with cyber, electronic newspapers at present, in order to bring the advantages into play and assert the position of printed newspapers in press life as a whole.

12. Further research directions:

To continue studying interview in the genre portrayal in various genres of newspapers and magazines from the comparative angles, from that to point out the homogeneities and differentiations of interview in the various genres of newspapers and magazines.

13. Thesis-related publications: N/A