9 The' Indian Express Home Page 161 10 Lokmat Home Page 164 10 the Telegraph Home Paso G

List of Tables

Table No. Title Page No.

3.1 List of Indian Newspapers on the Net in December 1998 47

4A.l The Hindustan Times on the Net 158 4A.2 Indian Express Online 162 4A.3 Lokmat 165 4A.4 Malayala Jvfanorama 165 4A.5 Nava Bharat 167 4A.6 Udayavani 172

4AA.l Language-wise break-up ofiNI

48.1 News Usually Read by Readers of online dailies of USA 205 48.2 List of Indian Newspapers on the Net in December 1998 208 48.3 Age Group of Readers accessing INI 211 48.4 Sex Ratio of Readers 211 48.5 Country' of Current Domicile 211 48.6 Home States of Origin of Readers 212 4B.7 Occupation of INI Readers 213 48.8 Employment Status of INI Readers 214 48.9 Readers' Preference for IN! 215 48.10 Choice of News According to Region 216 48.11 Readers' First Priority for Contents 217 48.12 Readers, first Preference for Category of News 218 48.13 Readers, second Preference for Category of News 218 48.14 Readers' third Preference for Category of News 219 48.15 Readers' fourth Preference for Category of News 219 48.16 Readers' fifth Preference for Category of News 220 48.17 First Purpose of Accessing the INI 221 48.18 Second Purpose of Accessing the I~;! 222 48.19 Third Purpose of Accessing the INI 222 48.20 Level of Satisfaction derived from INI 223 48.21 Preferred language of Internet Newspapers 224

List of Illustrations

Sr No. Illustrations Page No.

l The Hindu Online Home Page 69 2 Production Process 90 3 Kesari Home Page 113 4 puneflash.com Home Page I 19 s The Times oj'lndia Home Page 127 6 The Business Standard Home Page 137 7 Rediff On the Net Home Page 143 8 The Hindustan Times Home Page 157 9 The' Indian Express Home Page 161 10 Lokmat Home Page 164 10 The Telegraph Home Paso g

List of Charts

Sr. No. Charts Page.No.

1 Age Group of INI Readers 2 Sex Ratio ofiNI Readers 3 INI Readers' Current Domicile 4 INI Readers' Home States 5 INI Readers' Occupation 6 INI Readers' Employment Status 7 INI Readers' Choice for News According Region 8 INI Readers' First Priority for Contents 9 INI Readers' First Preference for Category of News 10 INI Readers' Second Preference for Category of,News 11 INI Readers' third Preference for Category ofNews 12 INI Readers' fourth Preference for Category ofNews 13 INI Readers' Fifth Preference for Category of News 14 INI Readers' Level of Satisfaction 15 Preferred language ofiNI

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