Information about the thesis "Voxpop in contemporary Vietnamese radio broadcasting" by graduate student Vu Thi Luyen, majoring in Journalism.1. Student's Full Name: Vu Thi Luyen 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: December 10, 1986 4. Place of Birth: Thanh Hoa 5. Decision No. 1883/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 21, 2010, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Voxpop in Current Vietnamese Radio Broadcasting Programs 8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60 32 01 9. Scientific Advisor: Dr. Dang Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication – University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi 10. Summary of Thesis Results: + Initial direct research and systematization of the basic contents of the theory of voxpop. Voxpop possesses the strengths of a journalistic genre. The author of this thesis proposes a concept of voxpop. In radio broadcasting, voxpop is the connection, arrangement, and selection of public opinions on a particular issue, event, person, or phenomenon to form a cohesive whole with a tightly structured content and form, transmitted to listeners via radio waves. This includes: + Understanding and implementing voxpop by journalists worldwide and in Vietnam today; the emergence and role of voxpop in Vietnamese radio broadcasting; + Survey and analysis of the content and form of voxpop on VOV1 and VOV2 channels of Vietnam National Radio (from January 2011 to December 2011), voxpop on Hanoi Radio and Television and Thanh Hoa Radio and Television (from January 2011 to December 2011). An evaluation of the advantages and limitations of voxpop in the surveyed radio programs. + Analyzing voxpop in radio programs of the Voice of Vietnam. + The thesis also outlines the voxpop creation process of reporters at the Voice of Vietnam and Hanoi Radio and Television Station, the difficulties and advantages of creating voxpop, and the experiences of each radio journalist. + Proposing solutions for the widespread use of voxpop in current Vietnamese radio programs. - Solutions for radio stations: Voxpop should be promoted and used on radio broadcasts, boosting its use as a way to improve the quality of radio programs. Solutions regarding content and format include: + Expanding the target audience and approach + Fully utilizing the role of voxpop in guest programs + Refining the content of the answers + Constantly innovating the introductions in voxpop + Shortening the duration of voxpop to 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds… - In addition, reporters need to be equipped with the skills to create voxpop, and program leaders should incorporate voxpop into the program framework as a main genre, requiring reporters and editors to prioritize the use of voxpop in their programs. Treat voxpop like any other genre when calculating royalties… - Training Solutions: +Voxpop should be included in training programs, as a course like other traditional journalistic genres. +Attention should be paid to improving the qualifications of instructors; instructors need to research and develop official teaching materials on voxpop, send instructors to study and acquire knowledge and teaching methods on voxpop at journalism schools and foreign radio stations.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name : Vu Thi Luyen 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: December 10, 1986 4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa 5. Admission decision number: 1883/QD-XHNV-SĐH Dated October 21, 2010 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Voxpop in at -present Vietnamese radio programs 8. Major: Journalism study; Code: 60 32 01 9. Supervisors: Dr. Dang Thi Thu Huong – Dean of Falcuty of journalism and communication, University of Social Sciences and Humanities 10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Initially research the basic conteats of the voxpop theory dicctly and systematrically. Voxpop has the advantages of ress. The writer noted the definition of voxpop. Voxpop in broadcasting program is a combination, an order and a choice of people's ideas about the same issue, event, character, to form an entity with clear and logical content and formation transmitted to audiences via broadcasting wave. - The understanding and the implementation of voxpop of journalists in the world and in Vietnam, broadcasting program. - We will have survey and an analysis about the content and form of voxpop in two channels named VOV1, VOV2. Television of Vietnam (from January 2011 to December 2011). Voxpop on broadcasting channel of television and radio of Hanoi, and television and radio of Thanh Hoa (from January 2011 to December 2011). Find out advantages and disadvantages of voxpop about both content and form + Certainly, voxpop analysis is resulted from an overall research of “Voxpop in at-present Vietnam radio programs” + The thesis has also been written about the way with which journalists of radio the voice of Vietnam, television and radio of Hanoi have been carrying out voxpop, advantages and disadvantages of doing voxpop and each journalist's experience to have an effective voxpop + Suggesting some methods to make voxpop be used largely in at-present Vietnam broadcasting programs -Voxpop need using continuedly on the broadcasting, promoting voxpop's usage is a way to enhance the quality of the broadcasting - Some methods on content and form such as: + Enlarge subject participants and approach +Use voxpop in talkshow program + Pay more attention to the contents of the answers + Renew the wording to voxpop +Limit the time to one minute or one minute and 30 seconds - In addition, journalists should be taught skills to make voxpop, leaders should give voxpop in to program frame as a main part, or require jornos editors to pay much attention to implement many kinds of voxpop for their program. And voxpop should be considered specially when jours have writing fees. - To find out methods into educating on voxpop in the university of jouralism and local, national broadcasting stations - Voxpop need to be put into syllabus such as other traditional kinds of press to help graduates apply in broadcasting programs from knowledge to be taught at school - Schools should pay attention to enhance tutors qualification tutors ought to have official lesson plans on voxpop. Furthermore, educators should be educated more in oversear to raise knowledge and methodology on voxpop.
