1. Newspaper
reading habit of
students

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Naimish Adesara A-1
Komal Baid A-6
Shireen Agarwal A-3
Saumesh Thakar A-60
Chetan Vaghela A-63

3. Contents
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Introduction
Background literature
Objectives
Methodology
limitation
Data analysis
Chi- square analysis
Conclusion

4. Introduction
• Reading habit helps in improving
comprehension, accuracy, fluency and
increasing vocabulary
• Reading provokes questioning, helps in
generating ideas and inspires them to think
• Reading habit of the students is going down
day by day
• Reading newspaper is such a particular
exercise that not only gives an insight to the
world around, but gives us an inner relief

5. Cont…
• It is more reliable and provides scientific
information in simple and easily
understandable language
• Many alternatives such internet, mobile, social
media, news channel, radio etc. have been
Developed over the recent past due to this the
reading habits of students are coming down
• Other media provide news, entertainment and
information more faster, frequent and cheaper
than newspapers, in providing
news, entertainment and information.

6. Background Literature
• 13% of boys read the whole newspaper
• Only 63% of girls claimed to be readers of
newspapers and while 16% read the whole paper
• Those who are reading, are reading more but
there is a growing percentage of boys who are
not reading at all.
• It makes us alert, knowledgeable, well-versed and
well-informed about the affairs of the world.

7. Objectives
Primary Objective
• To analyse the reading habits of students from various
background
Secondary Objectives
• To analyze whether newspaper reading habit helps students
in their overall development
• To analyse which particular section is preferred by the
students
• To find the hindrance of students for regular reading of
newspaper

8. Research Methodology
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Research Design
Population
Sample Size
Sampling Technique

9. Limitations
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Limited Area
Sample Size
Inaccurate Responses
Limitations of CHI-SQUARE
Limited Time

10. Do you read newspaper?
26%
Yes
74%
No

11. If No, why?
34%
42%
Because of Hectic
College Schedule
Social Commitments
Boring
22%
Other Source of news
and Information
2%

12. What kind of newspaper you prefer to
read?
4%
36%
Vernacular
60%
English
Both

13. How often do you read newspaper in
a week?
9%
38%
37%
16%
1 day
2-3 days
4-5 days
7 days

14. What is/are the sources of your
information/news?
18%
23%
Newspaper
Television
25%
21%
6%
7%
Magazine
Radio
Internet
Social Networking Sites

15. Which part of newspaper you like the
most?
1%
8%
39%
24%
Sports
Business
Tech
11%
17%
Politics
Entertainment
Other

16. How much daily time do you spend in
reading newspaper?
12%
5%
44%
<15 minutes
<30 minutes
39%
1 hour
>1 hour

17. What is your preferred way of reading
newspaper?
26%
E-Newspaper
74%
Physical Newspaper

18. According to you, how much is
newspaper reading habit helpful in
overall development
1% 3%
17%
35%
very low
low
midium
44%
high
very high

19. What is your age?
3% 0% 3%
<18 year
18-24 year
25-50 year
>50 year
94%

20. What are you pursuing right now?
6%
17%
7%
10%
B.Com
BBA
60%
MBA
BE
Other

21. What is your Gender?
48%
52%
Male
Female

22. Chi-Square Test
Observed Frequency
Particulars
Helpful
Not-Helpful
Total
Male
42
10
52
Female
37
11
48
Total
79
21
100

23. Chi-Square Test
Expected Frequency
Particulars
Helpful
Not-Helpful
Male
41.08
10.92
Female
37.92
10.08
Chi-square result – 0.65

24. Chi-Square Test
Observed Frequency
Particulars
Reads
Don't Reads
Total
Male
46
6
52
Female
28
20
48
Total
74
26
100

25. Chi –Square Test
Expected Frequency
Particulars
Reads
Don't Reads
Male
38.48
13.52
Female
35.52
12.48
Chi –Square Result- 0.0006

26. Chi Square Test
Observed Frequency
Particulars
male
female
Total
Business
17
7
24
Technology
14
3
17
Sports
7
1
8
Politics
10
1
11
Entertainment
3
36
39
Total
52
48
100

27. Chi –Square Test
Expected Frequency
Particulars
male
female
Business
12.48
11.52
Technology
8.84
8.16
Sports
4.16
3.84
Politics
5.72
5.28
Entertainment
20.28
18.72
Chi -Square Result- 2.1571E-10

28. Chi-Square Test
Observed Frequency
Particulars
Male
Female
Total
English
25
34
59
Vernacular
3
1
4
Both
23
13
36
Total
52
48
100

29. Chi-Square Test
Expected Frequency
Particulars
Male
Female
English
30.68
28.32
Vernacular
2.08
1.92
Both
18.72
17.28
Chi-Square Result -0.078978

30. Conclusion
• Newspaper reading definitely helps students for
their overall development.
• Sections preferred by students in the newspaper.
• Factors due to which students don’t read
newspaper daily.
• In the present technological world, there are still
57% of our respondents who prefer to read news
from physical newspaper

31. Thank You