Abstract:
The purposes of this research were (1) analyze contents and formats of page for youth and children in thai daily newspapers, and (2) to survey students needs concerning contents and formats of page for youth and children in Thai daily newspapers. Population employed in the study were 299 Thai daily newspapers. Subjects were 520 lower secondary school students selected by multi-stage and simple random sampling techniques. Collected data were analyzed by Arithmetic Mean and Standard Deviation. The results of the findings were as followings. 1. Contents: documents most presented and students most preferred were general knowledge, animal life, domestic pets, and foreign languages. Movies, entertainment , music and sports were less presented but immensely preferable. Cartoons: comics were most presented and students most preferred. Knowledge cartoon and story cartoon were less presented but immensely. Games : supplementary-Thai language game were most presented and students most preferred. General-knowledge game, supplementary-science game, supplementary English language game were less presented but immensely preferable. Fables : moral fables, historical fables, entertain and science fiction fables were less presented but immensely preferable. Advertisements : educational institution advertisements, 2. Formats: page arrangement found most and students most and students most preferred were one page of newspaper and page title frame in the centre. Natural color ink and designed frame were less presented but immensely preferable. Letters most presented and students most preferred were name page letter with display type, title name frame with round head type, name page and frame with semi-graphic letter details with normal type, title page with 60 point , and column width of 2.5 inches. Presentation less presented but were immensely preferable were hand-writing title page and title frame, detailed contends and captions with 14 and 116 point. Illustrations : photographs and upper position illustration were most presented and students most preferred. Color illustrations were less presented but immensely preferable.