A Study of Media Preferences and Leisure Time Management of Judges

Abstract

Judicial system is one of the pillars of Indian democratic system so are the Judges, the important part of Indian society. This paper is based on the research work done on the district level judges and various media options available to them. Their preferences of media form for specific time of a working day and also how they include various media in their leisure time is studied to know media preferences of Judges. The study allows the researcher to understand the choices of judges among the various media options available, which form of media is used in which part of day, how much part of that media is read, listened or viewed and how much time media get in their leisure time. It appears from the study that newspaper is the most preferred media for the judges in the morning hour showing that information precedes over entertainment in early part of the day while choice of Television programs at night and late nigh show that entertainment precedes over information.