The habit of reading dailes

1. The habit of reading dailies by the students of
Srimad Andavan Arts & Science College (Autonomous),
Tiruchirappalli: A Study
R. Jawahar Babu
Assistant Professor
Department of LIS
Srimad Andavan Arts & Science College (Autonomous)
Trichy
M.Bhuvana
I M.Lib.I.Sc,
Srimad Andavan Arts & Science College (Autonomous)
Trichy
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2. Abstract
This paper aims to analyse the reading habit
of the Srimad Andavan Arts & Science College
(Autonomous) Students, including purpose of
reading the dailies, time spent, languages
preferred, most preferred newspaper… etc in the
form of structured questionnaire was sent to UG
students, PG students, M.Phil and Ph.D research
scholars. The Major finding of the study is most
of the respondents opined that they prefer to
read the Tamil daily and particularly job
opportunities column.
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3. Introduction
In this age of information, newspaper is
the most powerful tool to express ideas and
information. It is a part and parcel of modern
life. It is playing a vital role by providing
information and creating awareness among
the people. It keeps us informed about the
current affairs of the whole world. In absence
of newspaper, we cannot have a true picture
of our environment.
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4. Need for Dailies
• To improve the reading habit
• To update the general knowledge
• To get updated information
• To know the current events and political
situation
• To get information on economic situation,
sports, entertainment...etc
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5. Dailies subscribed in SAASC
• The Hindu
• The Hindu (Tamil)
• Dinamalar
• Dinamani
• Dinathanthi
• Dinakaran
• Times of India, New Indian Express
• Economic Times, Deccan Chronicle
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6. Objectives of this study
• To identify the preferred language of the users to
read the dailies
• To analyse the sources used to read the dailies
• To know how much time is spent for reading the
dailies
• To know the frequency of reading the dailies
• To analyse which columns are read most by the
students
• To know which newspaper is mostly read by the
students
• To know the purpose of newspaper reading
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7. Methodology
A structured questionnaire is used for the
primary data collection. A total of 150
questionnaires were distributed in person and
online and 128 filled in questionnaires were
obtained from the users. The user population
is defined as UG students, PG students, M.Phil
Students and Research Scholars of Srimad
Andavan Arts and Science College
(Autonomous), Trichy.
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8. Data Analysis and Interpration
The collected data are analysed by using
statistical method and tabulated with percentage.
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9. Table 1 – Gender Distribution
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The table shows high response (51.56%) is from
female candidates
66
62
51.56
48.44
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Male Female
No.of Respondents
percentage

10. Table 2 - Sample wise Distribution
The respondents are tabulated class wise. Out of the 128
respondents, UG students are (31.25%), PG students are
(51.56%), M.Phil Scholars are (11.71%) and Ph.D Scholars are
(03.90%). PG Students numbers is high
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40
66
15
5
31.5
51.56
11.71
3.9
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
UG PG M.Phil Ph.D
No.of Respondents
Percentage

11. Table 3 - Preferred Language Distribution
The above table shows that 74.21% of students prefers to read Tamil
language newspapers, 25.78% of students prefers English language
newspapers and 05.46% of them prefer both the languages. Most of the
respondents prefer Tamil newspapers only.
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95
33
7
74.21
25.78
5.46
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Tamil English Both
No.of
Respondents
Percentage

12. Table 4 - Sources for Newspaper access
The table shows that College Library is the most
common source used to access the newspapers
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46
121
27 27
35.93
94.53
21.09 21.09
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
No.of
Respondents
Percentage

13. Table 5-Time spent in reading newspapers
The table shows that most of the users (41.4%) spend
less than an hour to read the newspapers
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53 52
23
41.4 40.62
17.96
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Less than an
hour
1 to 2 Hours More than 2
Hours
No.of
Respondents
Percentage

14. Table 6 - Frequency to access the newspapers
The table shows that most of the students
(50.78%) read the newspapers daily
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65
38
17
8
50.78
29.68
13.28
6.25
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Daily Once in 3
days
Once in a
week
As and
When
Number of
Respondents
Percentage

15. Table 7-Sections of newspapers mostly read
The table shows that most of the users (63.28%) prefer to
read job opportunities columns in the newspapers
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63
78
14
53
81
40
49.21
60.93
10.93
41.4
63.28
31.25
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Number of
Respondents
Percentage

16. Table 8- Most preferred newspaper
The table shows that most of the users (60.93%) prefer to
read Dinathanthi newspaper.
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0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
No.of Respondents
Percentage

17. Table 9 - Purpose of reading the newspapers
The table reveals that majority of the respondents
(49.21%) read the newspapers to get information.
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48
63
17
37.5
49.21
13.28
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
To develop
general
knowledge
To get the
information
Recreation
Number of
Respondents
Percentage

18. Findings
• Most of the students are male and are PG students.
• Most of the respondents preferred the Tamil dailies
• Majority of respondents are using the college library to
access newspapers and most of them spend less than
an hour to read the dailies.
• Majority of the respondents use the newspapers
everyday
• Major numbers of students prefer to read job
opportunities column in the newspapers.
• Most of the users want to read Dinathanthi newspaper.
• Most of the respondents read the dailies to earn
awareness on day to day affairs
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19. Conclusion
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Even though Information and Communication
Technology is developed nowadays, the newspaper plays an
important role to inform the people on the happening
around the world. Due to enormous information explosion,
lot of newspapers published in different languages is
available in print and online. The library is unable to
subscribe all the newspapers published as national and
international levels but the library can disseminate the
important articles like Science and Technology, job
opportunities… etc through their notice board. Adequate
newspapers to be subscribed in each and every library to
keep their users abreast with the latest information and to
enhance their reading habits

20. Thank You
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