1.

Name:

2. Sex:  Male  Female

3. Age:  Below 20  20-30  31-40  41-50  Above 50

4. Education:  Under Graduate  Post Graduate  Diploma  SSLC  HSC

 Others specify  Illiterate

5. Are you:  Student  Employee  Business man  Professional  Others specify

6. Marital Status:  Married  Unmarried

7. Monthly Income:  Less than 10,000  10,000-20,000  20,001-30,000  30,001-

40,000  40,001-50,000  More than 50,000

8. How often do you read a newspaper in a week?

 1 day  2-3 days  4-5 days  6-7 days

9. How much time do you spend for reading newspapers in a day?

 Less than 30 minutes  30 minutes – an hour  more than an hour

10. Which of the following tamil newspaper do you prefer to read?

 Dina thanthi  Dinakaran  Dinamalar  Dinamani  Maalai malar

 Murasoli  Hindu Tamil  Times of Tamil  Others, Please specify

11. What are your main reasons for reading newspaper?

 To get the latest updates and news  To pass time  To become a habit
 Entertainment purposes  Others, please Specify

12. Which part in the newspaper is the one you like most?

 Entertainment  Business  Sport  Politics  Advertisement

 Educational  Forex, Financial

13. Do you believe everything you read in the newspaper?  Yes  No

14. Please indicate your agreement with the following statements:
Your view on the statement
Newspapers & their corporate social
strongly strongly
responsibility Agree neutral disagree
agree disagree
“Newspaper should be honest, fair and
courageous in gathering, reporting &
interpreting information”
“Newspapers should create awareness and
highlight the benefits of welfare schemes
offered by Government & Non-
Governmental Organisations”
“Newspaper should spread awareness about
the environmental issues”
“Newspapers should publish stories of
successful women & information on
women’s rights for women empowerment”

15. Please indicate your reactions with the following news:

Different types of Your view on the News
News Happy Anger Fear Sad
Political News
Cinema News
Sports News
Business News
Financial News
Astrology News
Weather News
Crime News

16. Do you aware of E-newspaper in tamil?  yes  no

17. Are you satisfied with E-newspaper?  Yes  no

18. While reading an E-newspaper, what type of device do you use?

 Laptop  Tablet / I – Pad  Cellphone  Others specify

19. Which news-app you prefer to read?

 Daily hunt  Maalai malar  Dinamalar  Dina thanthi  Dinakaran