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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 opinion
The Impact of Religious Conflict on National Cooperation in Post-War Sri Lanka
(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Madusanka, R.W.B.M.D.; Peiris, P.T.M.; Silva, M.L.M.; Perera, M.P.
Ten years have gone since the end of three decades of civil war in Sri Lanka. This civil war, a result of the ethnic conflict between two ethnicities caused negative impacts on national solidarity. After the war, the governments that came to power have taken various levels of national and international actions to work together for national solidarity. As a result, the present society experiences a politically peaceful atmosphere compared to the era of civil war. Yet, there are several incidents reported on civil conflicts in various place in Sri Lanka. This study aims to find out the reasons underlying the ethnic conflicts in post-war era in Sri Lanka while examining the religious factors affecting the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. The study used case-study method with special reference to the case known as ‘Theldeniya Sinhala-Muslim Incident’ in Kandy district. Responses from 40 respondents, who have witnessed ‘Theldeniya Sinhala-Muslim Incident’ were interviewed through structured-interview method. In addition, secondary data such as newspaper articles, previous case-study reports and preliminary reports related to the study were referred. Through the case-study analysis it was concluded that the political strategies to weaken the civil society are mirrored as ethnic conflicts in Sri Lanka. Hence, to promote national solidarity grass-root level awareness campaigns must be promoted by government and non-government organisations on ethnic-wellbeing in Sri Lanka.
Understanding the customer Satisfaction level of the physical and human facilities in the fitness center. With special reference to Sugathadasa National Sport Complex Fitness Center
(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Silva, M.L.M.; Priyanjila, A.S.D.; Wehigaldeniya, W.G.D.S.; Pushpa Kumara, W.A.; Madusanka, R.W.B.M.D.
In the present area, sports become a golden place in the whole world. Therefore countries spent a large amount of money to develop their sports facilities. Many people are using a fitness center to build or maintain their health, lifestyle, etc. there for many sports organizations have their owned fitness center. In the future fitness centers became a trend in society. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Customer Satisfaction (CS) with the Physical Environment Facility (PEF) and Human Facility (HF) on the fitness center. In this research approach, explanatory research style and deductive research approach. A sample group of this study includes customers in Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Fitness Center (SNSCFC). The simple random sampling method used for selecting the sample and closedended 150 questionnaires were used to collect data. The researcher used one-way ANOVA analysis to identify the significant difference between perceived facility value and demographic factors (gender, age, education, employment, income level) and chi-square analysis for identifying the relationship between both categorical variables. The descriptive results showed a significant association between CS & PEF and HF. PEF & HF have a significant relationship between customer satisfaction. According to the results, we observed a Strong association between the CS & PEF (P= 0.012), CS & HF (P=0.025). However, SNSCFC needs to develop their physical environment facilities for their customers