Information about the thesis "The Language of News Genres in Vietnamese Online Newspapers Today" by graduate student Pham Thi Mai, majoring in Journalism.1. Student's Full Name: Pham Thi Mai 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: June 29, 1984 4. Place of Birth: Quoc Tuan, Kien Xuong, Thai Binh 5. Decision No. 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated November 2, 2007, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Thesis Title: The Language of News Genres in Vietnamese Online Newspapers Today 7. Major: Journalism Code: 60 32 01 8. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh, Academy of Journalism and Communication. 9. Summary of Thesis Results: The thesis topic is "The Language of News Genres in Vietnamese Online Newspapers Today". The author surveyed two online newspapers, Vietnamnet and Vnexpress. The survey was conducted from March to May 2010. To further clarify the characteristics of the language of news genres in online newspapers, the author compared the language of news genres in Vietnamnet and Vnexpress with some print newspapers such as Tuoi Tre Ho Chi Minh City and Thanh Nien. The research results of the thesis are as follows: - It raises theoretical issues regarding the language of news genres in online newspapers, such as related concepts and terminology, points out the characteristics of online newspaper language, the role of news genres in online newspapers, and the significance of improving the quality of language use in this genre. - In surveying the current state of the language of news genres in Vietnamnet and Vnexpress, the author focuses on understanding the written language of news genres with three main components: headline, lead paragraph, and text. The linguistic characteristics of news articles in online newspapers are informative, expressive, concise, and youthful in style, with a high degree of independence between the headline, lead paragraph, and text elements. However, news articles in online newspapers are also prone to linguistic errors. - Based on the theoretical and practical issues studied, the author proposes several solutions to further improve the effectiveness of using language in news articles in online newspapers. 10. Practical application: The research results of this study serve as a basis for newsrooms, reporters, and editors of online newspapers to refer to, thereby helping them make appropriate adjustments in the use of language in news articles, in order to improve information effectiveness.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Pham Thi Mai 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: June 29, 1984 4. Place of birth: Quoc Tuan, Kien Xuong, Thai Binh 5. Admission decision number: 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH, November 2, 2007 6. Official thesis title: Language of News category on electronic newspapers in Vietnam today. 7. Major: Journalism Code: 60.32.01 8. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Hoang Anh - Academy of Journalism and Communication 9. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Thesis' theme is “Language of News Category on electronic newspapers in Vietnam nowadays”. The author studied on two electronic newspapers: VietNamNet and VnExpress in the period from 3/2010 to 5/2010. The author compared between language of News category on VietNamNet & VnExpress with some other newspapers, such as: “Thanh nien” – “Youth” or “Ho Chi Minh city Youth” – “Ho Chi Minh city youth” to clarify their features. The result of research: - Raised theoretical issues of “language of news category” on electronic newspaper such as concepts, terminology involved; as well as shows the features of language of electronic newspapers, the role of news genre on electronic newspapers and the significance of using language in this category. - Reported the reality of news category's language on electronic newspapers including: VietNamNet and VnExpress. The author concentrates on the writing language of news category with three parts: title, lead and text. Characteristics of news category's language on electronic newspapers are: taking note, expressiveness, briefness, condensation, youthful style, high indepence between elements of title, lead and text. However, there are many errors on news category on electronic newspapers. - Based on theoretical and realistic issues, the author suggested some solutions to improve the efficiency of using news category on electronic newspaper. 10. Practical applicability, if any: Research's result is the basis to consult for reporters, editors who have been working at electronic newspapers. The result also helps them to make adjustments in using the language of news category, in order to improve information's efficiency.
