Tim hidu tieng Viet tren bao chf, ta da chu y den mot thd loai dac thii ciia bao chf, song cung edn mdt hinh thu'c thdng tin nu'a rdt quan tam tren bao chf la Quang cao.
VSfn dd nay cung cd mdt chuyen luan ddy 54 trang khao sat kha tha'u dao,
tir sd bao ddu tien 1896 (mac dii Gia dinh bao xua't ban tif 1865) den so bao cudi
ciing (1949) cua nira ddu the ky XX-bao Ha Ndi Tan van, edn luu trir tai Ihu vien Qudc gia dudi dang microfiche.
Trong Gia dimh bao dd la nhiJng ldi rao, ldi le dai ddng cho nhiing thdng tin, vf du ve viec ban nha, viec tuydn dung thdng ngcm.
Den Ddng dirang tap chf tinh hinh da khac. Phdn quang cao duac xep vao trang rieng. Ldi le da ngdn gon han.
Cac mat hang quang cao rdt da dang, nhung kha nhieu vdn la sach bao. Sach duac quang cao uen Trung Bdc chu nhat nam 1942 tang 85% sovdi 1941.
Ngoai ra la du cac mat hang tir gidy dep, hang det, thudc chua benh (thudc cung rSft nhieu).
Tuy nhien va mot nhan xet kha rd cd thd rut ra la trong ta't ca cac quang cao thdi ky nay khdng gidng ngay nay ft ndi den chdt luang, khdng ndi den thanh tfch
di lam tang them uy tfn.
Tieng Viet trong quang cao la khau ngu* cd nhieu tir nude ngoai (khdng phien am ma ghi dung tu dang ciia tieng Phap, vf du slip, maillot de bain, ao laine) cd nhieu ten rieng nirdc ngoai, vf du : Bastos, mu Imperial, den hieu Coleman...
Nhin chung, ta tha:y tieng Viet sir dung tren bao chf khdng chi dd chuydn tai nhihig thdng tin vd kinh te , chfnh tri, xa hdi xay ra hang ngay, khdng chi trinh bay nhiJng v^n de vd khoa hoc, triet ly, ma da duac dung trong thd loai phdng su va quang cao.
Tuy nhien cung can th^y ro rang vao nira ddu the' ky XX hay cc)n cd su Idn
Idn giii'a thdng tin va quang cao.
Song didu ma nhdm dd tai nay dang quan tam, vdn la chiJc nang xa hdi ciia
ti^ng Viet, cd thd k^t luan rang tuy cudi the ky XIX da cd bao, nhung thuc su phai
sang the ky XX bao chf Viet nam mdi hinh thanh cung vdi sir phd bien chu Qudc ngiJ. Tieng Viet da duac diing trong bao chf vdi du cac thd loai. Nhii'ng so lieu thdng ke ndi len sir phat tridn cua bao chf, sir Idn manh cua phdng su nhdm ndi len viec sir dung tieng Viet trong ITnh vuc nay ngay cang md rong. Chii^c nang xa hdi
cua nd md rdng ra ngoai pham vi ngam vinh thu tac ma huac vao mdt pham vi mdi, chua tdn tai d nu6c ta truclfc the ky nay, va cang ngay cang duac hoan thien, lam
tidn dd cho mdt ndn van xudi trong sang tac nghe thuat.