TTLV: Financial and banking information on online newspapers today - the issues raised

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Dinh Thi Xuan

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 11, 1986

4. Place of birth: Ninh Binh

5. Decision on student admission No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013, 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:"Financial and banking information on online newspapers today - the issues raised."

8. Major: Journalism Code: 60.32.01.01

9. Scientific supervisor:Dr. Dang Duc Long– Director of the Economic Information Center - Central Economic Committee.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

This thesis focuses on researching and presenting the following basic results:

Chapter 1 focuses on researching and clarifying the concepts of "finance," "banking," "financial and banking information," and "online newspapers"; analyzing the position and role of financial and banking information in the press in general and online newspapers in particular. The author also briefly introduces the functions, tasks, and organizational structure of the three online newspapers surveyed: VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn, and Thoibaonganhang.vn.

Chapter 2 of the thesis delves into surveying, analyzing, comparing, and evaluating the content, form, and quantity of financial and banking news articles published on three online newspapers: VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn, and Thoibaonganhang.vn, from March 2014 to March 2015. From this, similarities in news reporting methods are observed, while also highlighting the significant differences between financial and banking information on online newspapers and other forms of media, such as: speed of information dissemination, diverse language channels, and effective interaction.

In Chapter 3, after studying the current state of financial and banking information from the perspective of online newspapers VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn, and Thoibaonganhang.vn, and based on an assessment of the advantages, disadvantages, and causes of these advantages and disadvantages, the author will point out some issues facing financial and banking information on online newspapers today. The thesis also boldly proposes solutions to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of financial and banking information on online newspapers in general and on VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn, and Thoibaonganhang.vn in particular.

11. Practical applications:

This thesis contributes to and enriches the theoretical framework of financial and banking information and online journalism; it also contributes to building and perfecting theories on the role of journalism in providing information on the current financial and banking sector.

This thesis contributes to clarifying the advantages, disadvantages, difficulties, challenges, and some issues arising from the implementation of banking and financial information. Based on this, it proposes some recommendations and solutions to improve the quality of banking and financial information for online news reporters today.

The content of this thesis can be used as a useful reference for researching related issues.

12. Future research directions:

If circumstances permit, this thesis could also open up many avenues for further research on financial and banking information dissemination in the press in general, and online newspapers in particular.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Dinh Thi Xuan2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 11/09/19864. Place of birth: Ninh Binh

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

6. Changes in academic process: N/A

7. Official thesis title: Banking and Financial Information in Electronic Newspapers Today - Problematics.

8. Major: Newspapers and magazines Code: 60.32.01.01

9. Supervisors: Dr. Dang Duc Long – Dior of Center for Economic Information- Central Economic Committee

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis focuses on research and some basic findings are as follows:

In Chapter 1, the author concentrates on elucidating the concepts of “financial”, “banking”, “banking and financial information”, “electronic newspaper”; analyzing the position, role of banking and financial information in newspapers in general and in electronic newspapers in particular. The author also gives a brief summary of the functions, duties, organizational structure of the three electronic newspapers under survey including: VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn and Thoibaonganhang.vn.

In Chapter 2, the thesis deeply surveys, analyzes, compares and assesses form and content, length of news, articles ran in the three electronic newspapers VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn, and Thoibaonganhang.vn during the period 3/2014-3/2015, from there to find out the similarity in the way of telling the news, as well as the differentiation and salience of banking and financial information in electronic newspapers compared with other forms of newspaper and magazine such as sensitivity in informing, diversified modes of language channels, effective interactions…

In Chapter 3, after studying the actual situation of banking and financial information from the point of view of VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn, and Thoibaonganhang.vn, based on the assessment of the strengths, weaknesses; the causes of such strengths, weaknesses, the author points out some problematics of banking and financial information in electronic newspapers today. The thesis also ventures to propose several solutions in order to innovate, improve the quality, efficiency of running banking and financial information in electronic newspapers in general and in the VnEconomy.vn, Thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn, and Thoibaonganhang.vn in particular.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The thesis is intended to contribute, supplement and further diversify the banking and financial information theoretical system and electronic newspapers; thus helping formulate and complete theories of the role played by newspapers and magazines in banking and financial information activities at present.

The thesis assists in highlighting the strengths, weaknesses, difficulties and challenges, as well as some problematics when providing banking and financial information; and from there to propose some suggestions, solutions in order to improve banking and financial information quality for electronic newspaper reporters at the present time.

The thesis's contents can serve as reference to benefit researches on the relevant issues.

12. Further research directions, if any:

If conditions permit, from this thesis, there will be numerous directions open for further studies of the issue of banking and financial information activities in newspapers in general and in electronic newspapers in particular.

13. Thesis-related publications: N/A