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Item Politics and the Caste System Pertaining to the Sacred Tooth Relic (during the Kandiyan Period)(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Vijitha Kumara, W.A.; Wijesinghe, S.U.The politics and the caste system which had a special bond with the sacred tooth relic, was an important component of the Sri Lankan Society during the Kandyan period, it can be assume that, this tradition evolved from Anuradhapura period up to the Kandyan period of the History of Sri Lanka. Apart from political conditions the development of a caste system pertaining to the rituals of the sacred tooth relic was evident by the Kandyan Period, which is the historical field for this study from the very beginning, assuring the smooth functioning of the relationship between the ruler and his subjects. Moreover, it dictated who the ruler would be and what were his responsibilities. Therefore, Sri Lanka rulers worshiped the sacred tooth relic as if it was the Lord Buddha himself. What is very clear during the Kandyan Period is that there was a certain group of people who rendered their services to the sacred tooth relic. Especially, there was a particular caste group which served the sacred tooth relic under the system of Rajakariya. A noted trend was the assigning of the Kavikara Maduwa to the service of this sacred object. This clearly shows that from then onwards a caste system centered around the sacred tooth relic began its formation, as a result of certain castes under the traditional caste system being assigned to serve the sacred tooth relic. Further, the system continued even after the Kandyan Kingdom had become a British colony. The research problem was what was the impact of the Sacred Tooth Relic on Sri Lanka's politics and the caste system? Earlier research on the same research area seem to have focused on caste relations only. However, this research attempts to identify the political impact too.Item The Effect of social media on political opinion of people: An analytical study based on Facebook users(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Shyamali, W.M.W.; Sarangi, E.M.L.N.; Wijethunga, W.T.D .Attitudes, ideas, opinion and political behavior of social media users has severely affected by social medias. Most of the political parties are using Facebook for their advertising campaign. It is a problem whether all the facts published by political parties on Facebook are true or not. Also politician may use Facebook to achieve their short slightest political purposes. Researchers have discovered that government is launching surveys via Facebook before executing government policies. Research Problem was whether Facebook will effect to change the political opinion of a person. Purpose of this research was to study the effect by Facebook on political opinion of a person. 575 of Facebook Users who age between twenty and thirty have chosen from Monaragala district under simple Purposive Sampling method to collect data for the study through online questionnaire. Their profiles have observed for further confirmation. Accordingly, it is recognized that 63.89% of them were have not stable opinion on political situation. 75% of them stated that their opinion on politics have changed due to the posts on Facebook. 30.56% of this 75% stated that the reason for this as the disclosing fraudulent activities of politicians by Facebook pages. 30.56% from the total sample has posted posts which included opinions on political on their Facebook profiles. 38.89% from total sample stated that they have liked such Facebook pages. Therefore, social medias such as Facebook is making a severe effect on changing the political opinion of a person. It is necessary to take preventive actions for misleading posts on Facebook. According to there revelations, it is necessary to take preventive actions for illegal misuse on Facebook