KIIT Journal of Library and Information Management
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Newspaper Reading Habits Among Postgraduate Students of Periyar University, Tamil Nadu

1Librarian, P.A. College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India

2M.L.I. Sc, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, uthirashyam@gmail.com

*Corresponding author email id: ambikaabirami@gmail.com

Online published on 28 February, 2019.

Abstract

Reading is a way to get better knowledge of one's own experiences and it can be an exciting journey to self-discovery. Reading transfers experiences to the individual so that the reader may expand one's horizons, identify, extend and intensify his or her interest and gain deeper understanding of the world. Newspaper is also an important source of information for all and brings news of daily happenings of the world. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the newspaper reading habits among postgraduate students of Periyar University, Tamil Nadu.

Keywords

Newspaper reading habits, News seeking, Newspapers, Information seeking