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Item War Reporting and Photojournalism (Special Reference to Sri Lankan War)(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Madushanka, H.A.G.Photojournalism plays an important role in journalism. War reporting is one of the genres of conflict reporting and War news has a high value. War photographs can describe the incident and deliver the truth more than words. Reporting a war is different from reporting news in civil society. Special skills are needed for war reporting. This study is about war reporting practice in Sri Lanka. How Photojournalists performed duties on the battlefield was studied by the researcher. The reporters who were there at the war zone were identified under two categories and held in-depth interviews. 10 news reporters from Sri Lankan newspapers and 6 news reporters working for foreign news agencies were selected for interviews. Data were analyzed using qualitative methods. The focus of this study was to identify the war photography knowledge of war reporters & the ability to perform the duty on the battlefield. In conclusion, it was proved that the contribution given by the war reporters was less and not up to the standard. In comparison to the foreign news agency reporters, the standard and the ability of local war reporters is not sufficient. Because local news reporters did not have any war reporting or conflict reporting training, updated camera equipment and basic knowledge of conflict reporting. Newspaper companies sent their journalists to the battlefield who were reporting usual political reports. All the war reporters faced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and they have never met psychiatrists. Local war reporters haven not been to the front line to report the war. They have on duty in the area, which was cleared by the Sri Lankan Army. Local newspaper companies have not paid much attention to their reporters. The findings provede photojounalists must have the particular training for the better reporting.Item Impact of Newspaper Cartoons in the Creation of Public Opinion in Sri Lanka(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Madusanka, R.W.B.M.D.With the advent of journalism and the advancement of the newspaper, the beauty of the cartoons is among the diverse variations that the reader's appetite for developing. The newspaper cartoon is a comedy, communicating contemporary deep political terms to the reader. These political cartoon readership, especially with daily newspapers, has been augmented by the readership of the readers, which has led to the emergence of popular opinion. In this endeavor, Sri Lankan cartoonists have communicated their message creatively by communicating with a readers a conveying of a political message utilizing contemporary political characters and phenomena. What is the impact of political cartoons in the newspaper media on political influence? The aim of this study was to investigate. Primary and secondary data were used for this study. A polymer sample was used in the selection of samples. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect primary data. Accordingly, in the first phase of the district, the districts of Sri Lanka are randomly selected from the districts of Kurunagala, and the Panduwasnuwara west divisional secretariat is randomly selected from the 30 divisional secretariats in the district. The third step was to randomly select twelve villages in the Divisional Secretariat Divisions of Panduwasnuwara, randomly selecting 100 individuals from each of the families reading each newspaper. A simple statistical method was used for quantitative data in the analysis of data and also detailed descriptive methods for the trading data. 82% of respondents found that newspapers' cartoon paintings can be obtained at a time when investigating contemporaneous political conditions in the country. In addition, 49% of respondents discovered that the reader's mind is awake and politically motivated by the cartoon's appeal, and that it has a simple and appealing cartoon. The other important fact revealed in this study is that the cartoons are interested in understanding the meaning of the term in a short time. 55% of respondents had the same opinionItem Impact of Social Media on Mainstream Journalism(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Neelima, B.N.The single most important transformation in Journalism in the present age is the impact of Social media on mainstream news production, distribution and consumption. Journalists are using Social media as a professional tool, to assess top news trends, to obtain sources, research stories, break news online, obtain feedback and for community engagement. Stories are breaking on facebook, twitter and Youtube and are finding their way into the mainstream media. Opinionated blogging has also been a major transformative force in Journalism. This study explores how mainstream journalists are utilising social media for finding story ideas and reporting news, apart from building audience involvement and obtaining reader feedback. 300 journalists from South India participated in the study that obtained their responses to various issues concerning social media and Journalistic practice. As focus of news shifts from being source centric to reader centric, community engagement becomes important for any mainstream Journalist. The challenge for most of the traditional Journalists and media organisations therefore, is to respond and adapt to the evolving landscape of Journalism, increasingly being dominated by the social media. This paper examines how Journalists from mainstream media are using Social media at various levels of journalistic practice. It draws upon data obtained from Journalists and from previously published research. Some of the conclusions from this study are; the growth of Social media in India has been phenomenal in the past few years and people are increasingly turning to social media for news. Journalists therefore face the challenge of adapting to changing news consumption patterns of people and learning to use the Social media for keeping pace with evolving forms of Journalism, Journalists are facing a myriad of problems, ranging from breaking news that occurs on social media first, verifying the accuracy of stories on social media, checking source credibility, using social media as news source and keeping the audience engaged, Social media has become a source of news for Journalists They are also using more user generated content in their news stories, Journalists share their opinion more freely on Social media than on mainstream media. They also feel that their influence has grown through social media and they are able to obtain instant feedback from readers, the pace at which Journalists are beginning to embrace Social media tools like Twitter, Blogs and Facebook is quite slow and a majority of them are not making an optimum utilization of these media networks in their journalistic practice. Reasons range from lack of awareness, inability to keep pace with evolving technology and inability to blend presence on social media with their organizational goals. The study also found that mainstream Journalists are trying to understand the challenges raised by personal and social media. Issues such as editorial control; ownership of intellectual property; the blurring of professional and personal spheres; and lack of awareness on how to make optimum use of social media for journalistic purposes are impending factors.