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  1. Kerala Agricultural University Digital Library
  2. 1. KAUTIR (Kerala Agricultural University Theses Information and Retrieval)
  3. PG Thesis
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6914
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dc.contributor.advisorTampi, A M-
dc.contributor.authorMothilal Nehru, S-
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-27T08:10:33Z-
dc.date.available2020-01-27T08:10:33Z-
dc.date.issued1980-
dc.identifier.siciCoh T-414en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6914-
dc.description.abstractThe study was conducted in Trivandrum district of Kerala with the objective of identifying the preference of listeners with reference to node, programme, duration and frequency of farm broadcasts.It was also decided to study the relationship between selected characteristics of the listeners and their mass media exposure behaviour, listening behoviour, communication behaviour, source utilization behaviour and adoption behaviour. The selected characteristics of the listeners were age, education, occupation, farm size, crops grown, radio ownership and discussion. The available measurement techniques and scoring systems were used for Independent variables such as education (Trivedi, 1963), social participation (Trivedi, 1963) and occupation (Batlrinarayanan, 1977). Age was measured in terms of number of years the respondent had completed and the umber of acres cultivated was token as the measure of farm size. Radio ownership was measured In terms of possession of radio set. The Instruments for measuring moss media exposure behaviour was developed on the lines of Rogers and .Svenning (1969). The scales to measure listening behaviour (Badrinarayanan, 1977) arid, communication behaviour Murthy and Singh, 1974) ware used with slight modifications. The source utilisation behaviour woo measured by the scale developed by hair (1969). The adoption behaviour was measured by the Adoption Quotient as developed by Jalswal end Dave (1972). Satehoc been collected from 150 charcha samithy members using a pro-tested, valid interview schedule. Data statistically analysed using appropriate parametric techniques.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayanien_US
dc.subjectFarm broadcastingen_US
dc.subjectSource utilization behaviouren_US
dc.subjectAdoption Behaviouren_US
dc.titleTo study the effectiveness of farm broadcasts through radio in disseminating agricultural information to the farmers of Trivandrum Districten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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