1. Survey of Astronomy Communication in Philippine Print Media (newspaper)
RogelMari Sese
Stephanie Tumampos

2. Do you still read the newspaper?

3. In a survey conducted by the National Book Development Board in 2012, the total readership of Filipinos in different reading materials in print is 88%.
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80%
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28%

4. In the survey, NBSB have also provided data on the readership of different reading materials by age.

5. NBSB have also provided data on the readership of different reading materials by education and main source of education.

6. •Philippine Daily Inquirer•Manila Bulletin•Philippine StarTop 3 daily newspapers in the Philippines:

7. ASTRONOMY RELATED ARTICLESInternational Year of Astronomy
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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25
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PHILIPPINE STAR
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Manila BulletinStill counting

8. Based from the collected number of articles from the top newspapers in the country, some observations were observed. •News articles surged when the International year of Astronomy was observed in 2009. •The number of articles from 2012 to 2013 (as of 2ndquarter of the year), increased. This may be due to the Venus transit and apocalypse/ end-of-the-world incident. •Also, the number of articles in 2013 are increasing due to a more active public outreach.

9. Based from the collected number of articles from the top newspapers in the country, some observations were observed. •There is a trend in publishing materials related to astronomy. •The response of the public mostly depends on how the article is efficient and interesting BUT based on the data obtained, an increase of number of articles also indicate that readers are interested.

10. Thank you!
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