A Study on the Newspaper Reading Habits of Post Graduate Students in West Bengal State University

Abstract

Newspaper is the primary source of information. Through it not only one does get information about the world in which one lives but also about all the events happening or imminent to take place on this planet. The present study aims at investigating the nature of newspaper reading habits and specific reading interest of Post Graduate students of West Bengal State University. This particular study attempts to explore purpose of reading, language preferences and time spent on reading newspaper daily by the students. The study also tries to find out the place where the students accustomed to read their required newspaper and language version of that
particular newspaper. The paper finds out some of the barriers of newspaper reading among the students and finally concludes with some suggestions how they overcome from these barriers.