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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was conducted to know the sources of information for agricultural students on online meeting Apps during COVID-19 lock down with a sample size of 150 respondents (i.e., Agricultural students studying in Agricultural Higher Education Institutions across A. P, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala). In this study 68% of respondents revealed that Teaching staff and officials of Agricultural Higher Education Institutions (Institutional Sources) are the major contributors in creating awareness about online meeting Apps among Institutional, Non Institutional and Mass Media Channels. 88.7% of the respondents opined that Social Media is major contributor among Print, Electronic, Social Media channels and 68.7% of respondents revealed that WhatsApp have played crucial role among Social Media Platforms in awareness creation about virtual meeting Apps. This study also revealed that, Age and Level of education/type of degree are the major influencing factors in a decision to choose a particular meeting App for their online classes.