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Mass Media Preference and Consumption in Rural India: A Study on Bharat Nirman Campaign Narayanan Shalini*, Sahoo Jyoti Ranjan Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi *Correspondence to: Shalini Narayanan, W-9, HUDCO Place Extension, New Delhi-110 049, India, E-mail: nar.shalini@gmail.com
Online published on 12 September, 2016. Abstract This paper seeks to explore the media habits and preferences of rural audience in India. The study adopted purposive along with random sampling techniques to identify stakeholders in six states of the country who were targeted for the Bharat Nirman campaign conducted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. The results indicated that television is the best medium to target rural and semi-urban audiences for public service advertising. Doordarshan's regional channels remained one of the preferred communication medium for accessing information along with other regional channels. Newspapers and radio appeared to seriously lag behind as mass media vehicles of choice in comparison to television. The mobile telephone had made some inroads; however, it was hardly being used as a medium for accessing public service information. Top Keywords Public service advertising, Doordarshan, media consumption, rural audience. Top | |
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