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    A Comparative Study of the Welfare of the Aged in Ludhiana District of Punjab State
    (Department of Economics and Sociology College of Basic Sciences and Humaniteis PAU, Ludhiana, 1999) Kaur, Prabhjot
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    A Study of Consumer Literacy Among Working and Non-Working Women of Ludhiana City
    (College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2005) Kaur Gill, Navneet; Batish, Savita
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    An Analytical Assesment of Utilization Pattern of Income of Ludhiana Farmers - A Sociological Perspective
    (College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2006) Singh, Shelly; Gupta, AK
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    A Study of the socio-Economic Constraints on the availability of drinking water in rural areas of hoshiarpur district of Punjab
    (Department of Economics and Sociology College of Basic Sciences and Humaniteis PAU, Ludhiana, 1995) Kaur, Sumandeep; Aggarwal, B. K
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    A Study of factors influencing drinking habits in Bhatinda District
    (College of Basic Sciences and Humanties PAU, Hissar, 1973) Baldev Raj, Jindal; P. C, Deb
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    Uses and Gratification of Agricultural Websites among Progressive Farmers of Punjab
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Taneja, Aashna; Thapar, Sheetal
    Websites have become a hub of information for everyone and, particularly, agricultural websites are emerging as a great information gathering tool for progressive farmers. A study was conducted to analyze the uses and gratifications of agricultural websites among the progressive farmers of Punjab. A close-ended questionnaire was made to collect the data from 100 progressive farmers of Punjab. 63 percent respondents were in the age group 30 to 50 years and 88 percent were married. It was revealed that 100 percent progressive farmers have access to internet connectivity. The study disclosed that 90 percent of progressive farmers are aware of the agricultural websites and 89 percent are actually using them. The productivity of 83 percent progressive farmers has increased with the information gathered from the agricultural websites. All 100 percent progressive farmers agreed to the fact that online media is much more satisfying to use in comparison to conventional media.
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    Study of front pages of six newspapers: A comparative study
    (2018) Sehgal, Sumedha; Sarabjeet Singh
    Mass Media is an important source to receive information from around the world and a perfect source to transfer knowledge and updated information. The present study was conducted to map the coverage of front pages of six newspapers and to compare their extent of coverage. Data was collected from six newspapers namely: Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Punjabi Tribune, Jag Bani, Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran for the period of one month (March,2018). The study found that the maximum number of political news on the front page was published by Punjabi Tribune (95) and the least by Dainik Bhaskar (31). The highest number of Economic news published was by Jag Bani (25) and the least by Hindustan Times (10) and Dainik Jagran (10). Maximum International news were published by Jag Bani (46) and the least by The Indian Express (15). The highest number of National and Regional news was published by Dainik Bhaskar (144), and the least by The Indian Express (60). Maximum Crime news was published by Dainik Bhaskar (75) while minimum by The Indian Express (31). Dainik Bhaskar (34) published maximum number of Education news and least by Hindustan Times (6) and Jag Bani (6). Dainik Bhaskar published maximum feature articles (34) and the least were by Jag Bani (5). Dainik Bhaskar (23) published maximum sports news where The Indian Express (2) and Jag Bani (2) had minimum. The most news published with pictures was in Punjabi Tribune (193) and most news without pictures was published by Dainik Bhaskar (302).
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    Oped Pages of The Hindu : A Case Study
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Harjinder Singh; Sarabjeet Singh
    The oped pages of newspaper give better opportunity for investigation of issues and presentation of new idea. The oped columns discuss major current news events and anticipate development, columnists report longer and more explorative essays and research ideas. In the present study, effort was made to focus on oped Pages of The Hindu. The objective was to map the contents and comment qualitatively on the content. Three months oped pages of The Hindu were selected. All the publication were compiled and mapped according to the type of columns, name of the contributor, size and picture, the theme covered. Simple percentage method was used to compare to the contributions It included columns, Lead Articles, The Wednesday Interview, Yes, No, It’s complicated, Single file, Conceptual, From The Hindu archive, FAQ, Shelf Help, Abstract, Notebook, Act One and Data Point. In The Hindu, under ‘Single file’ theme political had maximum number of articles, in ‘Lead Articles’ were published under the theme ‘Social Society Reform’. It was followed by ‘Journalism’, ‘Environmental’ and ‘Political’, respectively. Under ‘Ground Zero’ maximum articles fall under the theme ‘Social Society Reform’ followed by ‘Environmental’. Conceptual columns had maximum articles from ‘Economics’. The Hindu Archives covered theme maximum on ‘Finance and Business’, followed by Political. Pictures and Bar Graphs also had contribution in oped columns.
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    Social media use by rural youth: A case study of village Abbuwal
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Arun Kumar; Thapar, Sheetal
    The present study was carried out to assess the awareness of youth, using social media, especially for political and agricultural news. Responses from a total of 100 youth (Men) in village Abbuwal were analysed. Male youth were randomly chosen, because of agriculture profession that is mostly adopted by the males. The first section of demographic profile of the respondents included 7 questions. Second section with 34 questions included queries on mobile, PC or laptop and social media using pattern. While, third was the reasons for using social media apps and sites, which included 9 questions. From the results, it was noted that almost every youth has a smartphone and there is a big effect of 4G services in village. Most of the youth use social media on their mobile phone. For information and knowledge area, responses were good. Most of the youth were using it for information regarding work. For watching videos, listening to music the responses were on medium level and information on studies had poor response. Social network was playing an important role in friendship and many of the youth were using it, because it was used by their friends. But, number of youth picking social issues on social media was not enough. Social media is affecting regular life a lot as youth use it upto 2-3 hours in a day. However, they have some interest in political and especially in agricultural news.