Title: Reading habits of students of higher learning institutions during COVID-19 lockdown period

Authors: M. Vasan; G. Yoganandan

Addresses: Department of Commerce, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, 620-001, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of Management Studies, Periyar University, Salem, 636-011, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: This research aims to examine the leisure reading habits of students during the COVID-19 lockdown period (N = 156). The study identified that most of the students have the habit of reading newspapers, and they preferred to read literary works in the areas of novel, story and poem. The majority of students enjoy reading books. Students are regularly reading books to update themselves, and they have a regular habit of reading books other than textbooks. Moreover, the study result proves that doing a part time job, time spent in the SNS, and playing mobile/online games are substantially curtailed the students' reading habits.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; higher learning institutions reading habit; students; young learners.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2023.129709

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2023 Vol.28 No.3, pp.352 - 367

Received: 15 Nov 2021
Accepted: 28 Nov 2021
Published online: 21 Mar 2023 *

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