National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
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ati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Ethical</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>on</strong> ovember 26, 27 2010Readers' Percepti<strong>on</strong>s of Online ewspapersC T Shruthi DeviResearch Scholar (MPhil)Dept. of Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Media</strong> StudiesBharathiar UniversityCoimbatoreP.E.ThomasAssociate Professor <strong>and</strong> HeadDept. of Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Media</strong> StudiesBharathiar UniversityCoimbatoreAbstractUse of <strong>on</strong>line newspapers have general purposes such as informati<strong>on</strong> seeking, socializati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> entertainment. The present studyexamines <strong>on</strong>line newspaper readers’ opini<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> factors such as immediacy, interactivity, quality of writing etc., The study covered asample of 250 <strong>on</strong>line newspaper readers in the city of Coimbatore.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem