Media Habit and Socio-economic Status of the Print Journalists of Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Journalists are not only storyteller but also they are the watchdog of the society for different dimensions. In the era of globalization when everything is changing very fast, the status of all human being is also changing with the same pace, whereas the status of Journalists in India especially in Rajasthan are stagnant and comparatively not standard. The paper tries to find out the socio- economic status of the Print Journalist of Jaipur. The researcher also wants to study the role of socio-economic status on their profession through Media habit. The Media habits and Socio-economic backgrounds of the Journalists are identified by Questionnaire especially designed for this purpose. Data processing was done with the help of statistical tools and some manual calculations. It is recommended through this paper that the actions should be taken by the Print Media agencies to improve the Socio-economic of the Print Journalists of Jaipur. Government of Rajasthan should take appropriate measures in this direction. And finally the Journalist should be highly skilled to cover their beats and related stories with due compassion and sincerity.