Newspapers remain the most trusted source of information among consumers of media even though television remains the dominant source of news, an India-wide study of media consumption behaviour by Lokniti programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).
The survey, done in PARTNERSHIP withKonrad AdenauerStiftung (KAS), focused on both traditional and new media and was conducted in 19 states Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal among 7,463 citizens aged 15 years and above.