Open AccessThe Newspaper Reading Habits of University Students: A case Study of University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (2018)
Author(s) -
Muhammad Ali Turi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of social science research and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2700-2497
DOI - 10.47814/ijssrr.v5i4.242
Subject(s) - newspaper , reading (process) , urdu , khyber pakhtunkhwa , sample (material) , section (typography) , psychology , mathematics education , medical education , media studies , library science , sociology , medicine , advertising , political science , art , computer science , literature , socioeconomics , chemistry , chromatography , law , business
Through a questionnnaires based survey, newspaper reading habbits of the students of different faculties of university of Peshawar have been studied, in which a sample size of about 100 students have been used. This study demonstarates that majority of the students read Urdu Newspapers, like Daily Mashriq, Ajj, Express and Jang. While, some also read English Newspapers as well , like Daily Dawn and The Frontier Post etc. Moreover, the research reveals that ; political section of the newspaper is the most preffered section for the students. It, also highlights that, majority portion of the respondents prefer home to read a newspaper, while some prefer to read online newspapers in the hostel or department library.