TTLV: The satirical humor style of journalist Ly Sinh Su (Survey on Lao Dong Newspaper, 2012-2013)

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name: Vo Huyen Mai Chau

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: February 9, 1982

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on student admission No. 1936/2011/QD – XHVN - SDH dated October 10, 2011, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: None.

7. Thesis title: The satirical humor style of journalist Ly Sinh Su (Survey of Lao Dong Newspaper in 2012-2013).

8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60.32.01.01

9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Thai.

10. Summary of the thesis results: This thesis researches and identifies the characteristics of journalist Ly Sinh Su's comedic style in political commentary. Ly Sinh Su's comedic sketches in the "Speak or Don't Speak" column in the Lao Dong Newspaper once again affirm the significant contributions to Vietnamese journalism of a veteran journalist with many years of experience and a unique style.

Based on field research, this thesis also assesses the social impact of political comedy sketches in Ly Sinh Su's column "Speak or Don't Speak," aiming to draw some lessons on how journalists should culturally handle political comedy sketches, as well as proposing solutions to improve the quality of political comedy in journalistic works. Furthermore, the thesis surveys and evaluates Ly Sinh Su's articles in Lang Viet Magazine and Nong Thon Ngay Nay Newspaper during the period of 2012-2013 to further clarify the distinctive style of Ly Sinh Su's political comedy.

11. Practical applications: It serves as a reference for journalism training institutions, journalism students, and anyone interested.

12. Future research directions: Continue research on the style of modern journalism across other media: radio, television, and online journalism, etc.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Vo Huyen Mai Chau

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: February 9, 1982

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 1936/2011/QD – XHNV – SDHOct 10, 2011 signed by the Rector of theVNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: Main thesis style comedy of The Ly Sinh Su journalists (newspaper survey on Labor News from 2012 to 2013).

8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60.32.01.01

9. Supervisors: ASS Prof., Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Thai

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Thesis research and identify the characteristics of main thesis style comedy of The Ly Sinh Su journalists. Main thesis comedy skits on “Say or not” on Labor News again confirms the major contribution to journalism Vietnam by a senior journalist with many years in the profession, and has its own unique style.

In fact surveys, the thesis also provides assessments about social impact through main thesis comedy skits “Say or not” of the Ly Sinh Su journalists in order to draw some lessons about how to behave with cultural journalists on main thesis comedy, as well as highlight some of the solutions to improve the quality of main thesis comedy on press. In addition, the thesis also examines and evaluates the writings of Ly Sinh Su journalists on Lang Viet magazine and Vietnam Rural Village today newspaper period 2012 – 2013 to affirm more clearly featured main thesis style comedy of The Ly Sinh Su journalists.

11. Practical applicability, if any: As a reference for journalism training institutions, references to journalism students and those who are interested.

12. Further research directions, if any: Continuing research on modern style journalists on other types: radio and television, network and so on.

13. Thesis-related publications: No.