The document summarizes the Indian Readership Survey (IRS), which was conceptualized in 1995 to establish a link between media readership and product/brand consumption in India. The IRS surveys over 200,000 individuals across 70 cities, 1,178 towns and 2,894 villages to measure readership of 340 publications and viewership of nearly 200 TV channels. It provides demographic and geographic data on media consumption that is used by advertisers and media companies. The multi-stage sampling and data collection process involves fieldwork in two rounds each year to collect balanced data.
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The document summarizes the Indian Readership Survey (IRS), which was conceptualized in 1995 to establish a link between media readership and product/brand consumption in India. The IRS surveys over 200,000 individuals across 70 cities, 1,178 towns and 2,894 villages to measure readership of 340 publications and viewership of nearly 200 TV channels. It provides demographic and geographic data on media consumption that is used by advertisers and media companies. The multi-stage sampling and data collection process involves fieldwork in two rounds each year to collect balanced data.
The document summarizes the Indian Readership Survey (IRS), which was conceptualized in 1995 to establish a link between media readership and product/brand consumption in India. The IRS surveys over 200,000 individuals across 70 cities, 1,178 towns and 2,894 villages to measure readership of 340 publications and viewership of nearly 200 TV channels. It provides demographic and geographic data on media consumption that is used by advertisers and media companies. The multi-stage sampling and data collection process involves fieldwork in two rounds each year to collect balanced data.
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The document summarizes the Indian Readership Survey (IRS), which was conceptualized in 1995 to establish a link between media readership and product/brand consumption in India. The IRS surveys over 200,000 individuals across 70 cities, 1,178 towns and 2,894 villages to measure readership of 340 publications and viewership of nearly 200 TV channels. It provides demographic and geographic data on media consumption that is used by advertisers and media companies. The multi-stage sampling and data collection process involves fieldwork in two rounds each year to collect balanced data.
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INDIAN
READERSHIP SURVEY Can you recognize the newspaper ? Top 10 Publications
All figures in Thousands
Can you recognize the magazine? Top 10 Magazines
All figures in Thousands
About IRS… • Conceptualized in the year 1995 • Established a link between product/brand use and readership of various publications through research • Not restricted to survey of readership alone but also with both readership & consumption across various categories of products throughout India. Uses of IRS Data • Reach of Press, TV, Radio, Cinema, Internet • 340 publications, nearly 200 TV Channels • Demographic & geographic profile of the Indian Consumer • Category wise penetration • Segmentation & Profiling Product Categories Covered • Demographic report • IRS Media • Indian Market • Product Profile • Telecom report • FMCG Package • Consumer Durables Package Sampling techniques used in IRS • IRS survey is based on a multi-stage stratified random sampling procedure . Sampling techniques used in IRS • Sample Size: 2,14,486 people with a geographic spread of nearly 70 cities, 1178 towns & 2894 villages.
• How is the Questionnaire administered?
Sampling techniques used in IRS Agencies conducting Research • Media Research users Council
• Hansa Research Group
IRS Process • IRS data is weighted to the census universe • Report is delivered on a user-friendly software that facilitates analysis of the readership, & consumption on an extensive basis • Fieldwork is conducted in two rounds from July to November and from January to May • Balancing of sample between both the rounds • Selection of taluka/district/village Release of IRS • The data collected is processed.
• Intense validations are carried out.
• This activity is covered during the
intermittent period between two rounds of fieldwork Reporting Units • Metros Class I : 40 Lakh + Class 2 : 10 – 40Lakh Class 3 : Population below 10 Lakh • Rest of Urban (Urban excluding metros) Class III: Population in between 5 to 10 lakhs Class IV: Population in between 1 to 5 lakhs Class V : Population in between 50,000 to 1 lakh Class VI: Population below 50,000 • Rural ClassVII : Population above 5000 Class VIII: Population in between 1000 to 5000 Class IX : Population less than 1000 References • http://www.hansaresearch.com/dload/Output.pdf • http://www.mruc.net/images/stories/IRS2010Q2 %20Topline.pdf • http://www.mruc.net/ • http://newspaperdesign.ning.com/forum/topics/to p-ten-indian-dailies