Content Analysis and Design Trends of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Institutes’ Websites of India: An Evaluation
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The study presented a web content analysis of a total of 29 research institutes that were under ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research). To collect the primary data collection from the respective institute websites of ICSSR, observation and survey method was used as research methodology. A checklist was designed and data were collected during the months of March-April, 2020 that was further verified between the periods of 25th May – 10th June 2020. After analyzing the data, it was found that 17 (89.47%) ICSSR reserach institutes are using one language (i.e. English) and 4 (13.80%) research institutes’ websites provide the date of updating information on website and 3 (10.34%) of them are updated within 3 months (Institute for Social and Economic Change, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research and OKD Institute of Social Change and Development). All Research Institute provides Phone Nos. and email IDs and postal addresses on their respective website.
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