TTLV: The variation of press news on mobile devices - A case study of Thanh Nien newspaper from January 2014 to June 2014

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: July 24, 1989

4. Place of birth: Dong Nai

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1502/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated August 6, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process:

7. Thesis topic name:“The Variation of News on Mobile Devices - A Case Study of Thanh Nien Newspaper from January 2014 to June 2014”

8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60 32 01 01

9. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Van Huong, Student Affairs Department, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis examines variations in aspects such as content, form and method of organizing news on mobile devices, specifically the press application on the mobile device platform Thanh Nien Mobile of Thanh Nien newspaper, from which the following results are obtained:

*About content:

- The scope of topics is increasingly expanding and demonstrating the ability to reflect evenly in all areas of life;

- News topics are increasingly specific, rich and diverse, with special priority given to new topics;

- The level of updating of events in mobile news is continuous throughout the day, quickly reflecting the event with news reporting time within 24 hours from the event occurring;

- News details are increasingly shortened, selectivity is increased, only important information is shown, quotes are used in a rich and diverse way and in many cases have become information content.

*About form:

- Messages on mobile devices are generally getting shorter. Sentences and paragraphs are shortened to fit the size and detail;

- The language system of news is topical, reflecting the content of the event, in addition there is a system of expressive words but used sparingly.

- The usage rate of news types has changed, especially with the appearance of new news types such as photo news, video news, graphic news, however the usage rate is still limited;

- The opening sentence has a change in the 5W+1H structure when the time element is no longer placed in the most important position like the familiar opening styles on Thanh Nien Online electronic newspaper and Thanh Nien printed newspaper;

- Titles also become shorter (8-10 syllables), showing appeal by using strong verbs, expressive words, and citing statistics to attract the attention of the reading public.

*About the method of organizing news production:

- Information exploitation activities are mainly still reusing information sources from Thanh Nien Online electronic newspaper, however Thanh Nien Mobile has made efforts in building newsletters with its own style;

- Reporters' work activities are increasingly linked to technology, using mobile phones as a support tool, paying attention to the fast and concise nature of mobile news, using new tools such as social networks to collect information;

- The basic technology and form of presentation of news on mobile devices also have new features towards becoming closer to the needs of the public and suitable for the way of reporting news on mobile devices, such as: Push Notification Services news notification feature; user interface customization, information personalization function...

11. Practical application:

Contribute to supplementing and updating some theories and skills in writing news for mobile news; help newspaper editorial offices and reporters equip themselves with more knowledge in writing news, news making skills for news on mobile platforms, improve the quality of press news on mobile devices in general, and Thanh Nien Mobile in particular.

12. Further research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: July 24, 1989 4. Place of birth: Dong Nai

5. Admission decision number: 1502/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated August 6, 2012

6. Changes in academic process:

7. Official thesis title: “The changing of news on mobile devices - The case of Thanh Nien from 1/2014 to 6/2014.

8. Major: Journalism 9. Code: 60 32 01 01

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof, Ph.D Dinh Van Huong, Students Affairs Department, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis investigates different changes in terms of content, performance, and methodology of composing news onwards mobile devices, particularly Thanh Nien Mobile of Thanh Nien Newspaper gave outcomes as follows:

* Content

- The scope of topic has been expanding and reveals the general reflection in living aspects;

- The headline has been more specific, various and diversified, especially the priority of new topics;

- The frequency of event update on mobiles remains continuously within a day, reflects simultaneously news within 24 hours since the event happened.

- The detail of news has become shorter, intensively selective, only important information pointed out, various quotes used and turned into the main points in some cases.

* Performance:

- The volume of news on mobile devices has generally become shorter than before. The sentence and paragraph are shortened to fit the required volume and detail;

- The language used is promptly informative, reflects the content of events, in addition to the chain of emotional words but used rarely.

- The usage rate of different types of information is changing, noticeably the emerging ones such as image, video graphic news but used rarely;

- The opening sentence is changed in its structure to 5W + 1H when the time factor is no longer put in the first line as the popular way of opening on Thanh Nien Online and Thanh Nien Newspaper;

- The headline has become shorter (8-10 characters), representing the attractiveness by using strongly impressive words, emotional ones and adding statistics to impress the readers.

* Methodology of producing news:

- Activities of collecting news mainly involves in re-using the source available on Thanh Nien Online; however, Thanh Nien Mobile had many attempts in building bullets of news that have their own style in developing and broadcasting news of world.

- The technology has been involved in activities of reporters; mobile phones used as a necessary and supporting device, fast and short characteristics of mobile articles concerning, social network used popularly to collect information;

- The fundamental technology and performance of articles on mobile indicates new features such as moving closer to public demand and becoming more proper with posting methodology on mobile: Push Notification Services, Layout Customization for users, Personalization information...

12. Practical applicability, if any:

This contributes to fulfill, update some theories and writing skills toward mobile news; support news publishers, reporters to equip with knowledge in writing news, composing news on mobile framework, upgrading the quality of article content on mobile in general, Thanh Nien Mobile in particular.

13. Further research directions, if any: No

14. Thesis-related publications: No