CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Tong, Linh Khanh |
|---|---|
| Title | The Roles of Online News Media in Combating Traffic Police Corruption in Vietnam |
| Summary | This thesis attempts to answer one key research question of "What is (are) the role(s) of the Vietnamese online media in combating traffic police corruption in Vietnam?" Research methods mostly involved content and discourse analyses of online news articles and readers' comments. In addition, interviews with experts, journalists, traffic police officers, and citizens were conducted to provide more insights. The traffic police corruption was chosen as a case study as it is the most common form of corruption in Vietnam. The findings showed that there is media pluralism in Vietnam. The five Vietnamese online platforms under question played diverging roles of propaganda (communication), neutral reporting, and watchdog. Tuổi Trẻ is found to be the most successful example of a Vietnamese online news playing the watchdog role and providing a public sphere for citizens to debate solutions to traffic police corruption. The thesis argues for the possibility of the online media to play an active role in combating corruption in the one-party system and provides practical recommendations at three levels of the government, the media sector, and the individual online outlet on how to effectively tackle bureaucratic corruption by enhancing the role of the online media. |
| Supervisor | Corduneanu-Huci, Cristina |
| Department | School of Public Policy MPA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/tong_linh.pdf |
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