With low barriers of entry that the internet provides to create content, India has seen a steady rise in partisan and alternative news websites. These websites tend to report news in a way that leans towards certain political ideologies and hence end up having increased visibility. When survey respondents were asked whether they used any of these partisan and alternative news websites, The Logical Indian, Oneindia.com and IndiaFacts.org were the three most used websites. However, 56 percent of the respondents did not use any of the given websites, an indication that these websites might be known but not many use them for regular news access.
Use of partisan and alternative news websites across India in 2019, by website
among English speakers with access to the internet who had consumed news in the month preceding the survey period.
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The survey question was- "In recent years a number of online news sites have emerged with their content often distributed via social media. Which, if any, of the following have you used to access news in the last week? Please select all that apply."
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, & University of Oxford. (March 24, 2019). Use of partisan and alternative news websites across India in 2019, by website [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026744/india-use-of-partisan-news-websites-by-website/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, und University of Oxford. "Use of partisan and alternative news websites across India in 2019, by website." Chart. March 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026744/india-use-of-partisan-news-websites-by-website/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. (2019). Use of partisan and alternative news websites across India in 2019, by website. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026744/india-use-of-partisan-news-websites-by-website/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and University of Oxford. "Use of Partisan and Alternative News Websites across India in 2019, by Website." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026744/india-use-of-partisan-news-websites-by-website/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism & University of Oxford, Use of partisan and alternative news websites across India in 2019, by website Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026744/india-use-of-partisan-news-websites-by-website/ (last visited June 29, 2022)