This document provides a comparative study of the front page and editorial sections of four major Indian newspapers - Times of India, Indian Express, Rajasthan Patrika, and Gujarat Samachar. Key findings from analyzing over a week of issues include that political news made up over half of front page headlines, and advertisements sometimes made the front pages feel cluttered. The editorial sections varied in format and content across the newspapers, with some including more letters to the editor or illustrations. The study provided insights into the differences in how the newspapers prioritized and presented their news and opinions.

1. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FOUR INDIAN
NEWSPAPERS
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MA Mass Communication – Semester 3
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TERM PAPER
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Department of
Journalism and
Mass Communication

2. Acknowledgement
■ I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my guide,
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Comparative Study of Four Indian Newspapers”.
■ Secondly, I would also like to thank for his support, So I could
proceed further and complete this successfully.

3. Contents
■ Overall Objectives
■ Brief Introduction
■ Frontpage
■ Findings (Frontpage)
■ Editorial
■ Findings (Editorial)
■ Conclusion
■ Bibliography

4. Overall Objective
■ To study four Indian Newspapers
■ To study the front page
■ To study the editorial page

5. Brief introduction of
the newspapers
which I have
selected and studied

6. Times of India
■ Founded: 1838
■ Language: English
■ Circulation: 2,826,164 daily (Audit Bureau of Circulations – June 2018)
■ Readership : 15236 / month (Indian Readership Survey 2019 Q1)
■ Published at 14 locations:
■ Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa,
Hydrabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Pune
Total Number of issues studied:
7

7. Indian Express
■ Founded : 1932
■ Language : English
■ Circulation : 309,252 daily
■ Readership: 1855 / month (IRS 2019 Q1)
■ Published at 11 locations:
Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Kolkata, Vadodara, Chandigarh, Lucknow,
Ahmedabad and Tirupati.
Total Number of issues studied:
7

8. Rajasthan Patrika
■ Founded: 1956
■ Language: Hindi
■ Circulation: 1,005,485 daily (ABC – June 2018)
■ Readership : 18036 / month (IRS 2019 Q1)
■ Published from 7 states.
It is published from Jaipur , Jodhpur , Bikaner , Udaipur , Kota and Sikar and from
Rajasthan , Bhopal , Indore , Jabalpur , Raipur , Ahmedabad , Gwalior ,
Kolkata , Chennai , New Delhi and Bangalore.
Total Number of issues studied:

9. Gujarat Samachar
■ Founded: 1932
■ Language : Gujarati
■ Circulation: 46,42,000 daily
■ Readership: 11873 / month (IRS 2019 Q1)
■ Published : From Surat and distributes editions 8 other cities which includes
Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bhuj, New York
City.
Total Number of issues studied:
7

11. FRONT
PAGE
HEADLINES
17 Sep 19 18 Sep 19 19 Sep 19 20 Sep 19 21 Sep 19 22 Sep 19 23 Sep 19
Rajasthan
Patrika
National
Kashmir
Issue
National
Modi on
Kashmir
National
Ban of single
use plastic
National
New Army
Policy
National
Cut in
corporate
Tax
National
P Chidambar
am Arrest
National
P Chidambar
am Judicial
Custody
Indian
Express
National
Kashmir
Issue
National
Kashmir
(P.O.K.)
National
Ram Mandir
National
Kashmir
Issue
National
Cut in
corporate
Tax
National
Maha,
Haryana
Vote
National
Modi in
Houston
Gujarat
Samachar
National
crude oil
inflation in
India
National
PM Modi’s
Birthday
State
PUC, license
extension
National
Ram Mandir
National
Cut in
corporate
Tax
National
P Chidambar
am Arrest
National
Chidambara
m Arrest &
Custody
Times of
India
National
Kashmir
Issue
National
Kashmir
Issue
National
Ram Mandir
National
Modi
(Kashmir
Issue)
National
Cut in
corporate
Tax
National
Maha,
Haryana
Polls
National
Modi in
Houston

12. political
57%
economic
14%
regional
(state)
4%
other national
news
25%
What made the headlines
Total no. of articles:
28
Where,
Political 16
Economic 4
Regional 1
Other national news
7

13. Average number of news on front page
17 Sep 19 18 Sep 19 19 Sep 19 20 Sep 19 21 Sep 19 22 Sep 19 23 Sep 19
Rajasthan
Patrika
11 13 10 10 4 7 6
Indian
Express
8 4 9 8 4 7 5
Gujarat
Samachar
5 7 6 4 2 7 3
Times of
India
11 13 9 10 12 9 7
FRONT
PAGE

14. 17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Rajasthan PatrikaNo of news
articles per day:
17th Sept : 11
18th Sept : 13
19th Sept: 10
20th Sept: 10
21st Sept: 4
22nd Sept: 7
23rd Sept: 6

15. 17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Indian Express
No of news
articles per day:
17th Sept : 8
18th Sept : 4
19th Sept: 9
20th Sept: 8
21st Sept: 4
22nd Sept: 7
23rd Sept: 5

16. 17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Gujarat Samachar
No of news
articles per day:
17th Sept : 5
18th Sept : 7
19th Sept: 6
20th Sept: 4
21st Sept: 2
22nd Sept: 7
23rd Sept: 3

17. 17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
The Times Of India
No of news
articles per day:
17th Sept : 11
18th Sept : 13
19th Sept: 9
20th Sept: 10
21st Sept: 12
22nd Sept: 9
23rd Sept: 7

18. Advertisements on front page
17 Sep 19 18 Sep 19 19 Sep 19 20 Sep 19 21 Sep 19 22 Sep 19 23 Sep 19
Rajasthan
Patrika
01 00 01 01 04 01 01
Indian
Express
00 02 01 00 01 00 03
Gujarat
Samachar
05 01 03 04 07 02 06
Times of
India
02 03 04 02 01 01 02
FRONT
PAGE

19. Contents of Anchor Story
17 Sep 19 18 Sep 19 19 Sep
19
20 Sep 19 21 Sep 19 22 Sep
19
23 Sep
19
Rajasthan
Patrika
Human
Interest
NA NA Environment
al
NA Health NA
Indian
Express
Human
Interest
NA Crime Informational Environment
al
NA NA
Gujarat
Samachar
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Times of
India
Informational Informationa
l
Human
Interest
NA Health NA NA
FRONT
PAGE

20. Findings (Front Page)
■ Advertisements : Too many ads make page feel cluttered
■ Attractiveness : T.O.I. most, while Indian Express least.
■ Headlines: focus more on political news.
■ News selection: Lacked equal importance
■ Anchor: Few Human Interest stories.

21. Editorial

22. Rajasthan Patrika
EDITORIAL
17 Sept 2019
1 page
4 articles
6 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 2 political , 1 economic,
1 health
18 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
6 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 international, 1
economic, 1 educational, 1
environmental, 1 book review
19 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
6 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 international, 2 health, 1
technology, 1 economic
20 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
6 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 2 national, 2 international,
1 educational
21 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
6 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 2 political , 1 economic, 1
personality, 1 educational
22 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
6 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 2 international, 1
environmental, 2 national
23 Sept 2019
1 page
3 articles , 3 public opinions
6 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 2 national, 1 technology

23. Indian Express
EDITORIAL
17 Sept 2019
2 pages (to mention editorial + ideas)
8 articles + 1 Past Article (40 years
ago)
3 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 3 political, 1 environmental, 1
national, 1 economic, 1 international,
1 personality
18 Sept 2019
2 pages
8 articles + 1 past article
3 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 international, 1
economic, 3 national, 2 politics,
1 sports
19 Sept 2019
2 pages
8 articles + 1 past article
3 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 2 politics, 1 sports, 4
national, 1 human interest
20 Sept 2019
2 pages
8 articles + 1 past article
3 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 economic, 5 national, 2
international
21 Sept 2019
2 pages
8 articles + 1 past article
3 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 health, 4 national, 1
international, 2 political
23 Sept 2019
2 pages
8 articles + 1 past article
3 Letters To the Editor
Genre: 1 environmental, 1
economic, 3 political, 3 national
22 Sept 2019
2 pages (ideas & opinion)
7 articles , 1 Q&A
0 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 4 national, 3
environmental

24. TOI
EDITORIAL
17 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
1 comic strip
Genre: 1 economic, 1
environmental, 1 international, 1
entertainment, 1 educational
18 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
1 comic strip
Genre: 1 international, 1 politics,
2 national, 1 educational
19 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
1 comic strip
Genre: 1politics, 1
environmental, 2 national, 1
international
20 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
1 comic strip
Genre: 1 personality, 2 national,
1 economic, 1 Q&A
22 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
3 Letters To The Editor
0 comic strip
Genre: 1 health, 1 environmental, 1
economic, 2 political,
23 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
1 comic strip
Genre: 3 political, 1 economic, 1 Q&A
21 Sept 2019
1 page Genre: 2 economic, 2 international, 1
national
5 articles 1 comic strip
0 Letters To The Editor

25. GUJARAT
SAMACHAR
EDITORIAL
17 Sept 2019
1 page
5 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 economic, environmental,
international, entertainment,
educational
18 Sept 2019
There was no editorial page on this
date.
19 Sept 2019
1 page
4 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 environmental, 1 political,
1 personality, 1 public opinion
20 Sept 2019
1 page
4 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 2 international, 1
environmental, 1 personality
21 Sept 2019
1 page
2 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 national, 1 international
22 Sept 2019
1 page
3 articles
0 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 international, 1 national,
1 personality
23 Sept 2019
1 page
1 article
0 Letters To The Editor
Genre: 1 political

26. Findings (Editorial)
■ Thoughts of people in Gujarat Samachar
■ Speaking tree in every editorial of TOI
■ Sunday editorial issues are different compared to weekdays in TOI & Indian
Express.
■ Cartoons, pictures, illustrations observed in editorials.
■ Letters to the Editor : Constant in some editorials, while missing in some.
■ Some papers like Indian Express have letter of the week.
■ Indian Express: Quality of the content, Way of writing is sophisticated - meant
for certain type of readers , not for everyone.

27. Conclusion
■ We can clearly see which newspaper strives to provide quality content, with
creativity.
■ While keeping a balance between advertisements and news articles each day.
■ Editorial page of some newspapers, we can see readers engaging , participation
of intellectuals and experts.

28. Bibliography
■ https://mruc.net/uploads/posts/8e428e54a95edcd6e8be593a7021a185.pdf
■ https://epaper.timesgroup.com/TOI/TimesOfIndia/index.html?a=c#
■ http://epaper.patrika.com/
■ http://epapergujaratsamachar.com/
■ https://epaper.indianexpress.com/
■ Newspapers

29. THANK
YOU