Sudha, S. T. and Harinarayana, N. S. (2007) Reading habits of newspapers and magazines among students of urban and rural areas: A case study of Dakshina Kannada districts. Asian Pacific Review of Rural and Tribal issues, 1 (1). pp. 29-34.
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It seemed important to study the reading habits of students of rural and urban areas in the light of current political concerns about reading generally, that the issues raised in the appraisal about reading habits are discovered in greater detail. This study is conducted to explore students studying professional and non-professional colleges in their reading preferences. The data for this study are based on 1757 respondents from professionals and non-professional college student respondents of rural (N=866) and urban (N=891) areas of Dakshina Kannada District. Results revealed that students from urban area were found to have higher preferences than students from rural areas in reading Business magazines, Kannada news papers, competitive magazines, subject journals and newspaper clippings. In general newspapers, students from urban areas had more frequency in 'most frequently', whereas; rural students had more frequency in 'frequently' categories. In crime news category, students from urban areas had more frequency in 'most frequently' reading categories. whereas, rural students had more frequency in 'frequently' category. In reading general magazines no difference was observed between students from rural and urban areas. Further, role of librarians and influence of electronic media reading habits are also discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | K Library and Information Science > Library and Information Science |
| Divisions: | Department of > Library and Information Science |
| Depositing User: | Arshiya Kousar Library Assistant |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2020 06:50 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2020 06:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/4657 |
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