ICH 2015
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Item The Role of Media in the Reconciliation Process in the Context of Post War Sri Lanka(University of Kelaniya, 2015) Kumara, H.R.C.An unprecedented number of research studies has been conducted on the relation between media and conflict. While many have pointed out that the media aggravates conflict, others point out how the media helps build reconciliation. All are united in the claim that the media plays a role in conflict ignition and in the reconciliation process. This research study is an attempt to find out the role played by Sri Lankan media in the reconciliation process in the context of post war Sri Lanka. To address this problem, four research questions were addressed: 1. Do journalists know their role in the reconciliation process? 2. Do ideological closures of journalists affect the reconciliation process? 3. Does stereotyping of journalists affect the reconciliation process? 4. Does market logic of the media affect the reconciliation process? Three mainstream media newspapers were selected for analysis. The data were collected during a constructed week. Accordingly newspapers were collected Monday in first week of the month, Tuesday in the second, Wednesday in the third, and Thursday in the fourth and so on. Data obtained from interviews withexperienced journalists were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. ANOVA was computed using SPSS to analyse the newspaper data while the interview data were analyzed qualitatively using content analysis method. The results revealed that different newspapers reported the news based on the ideologies that they represented. It was also revealed that journalistswere biased, and thus reported ethno centered news creating more tension among the two ethnicities. The results also indicated that there were relatively few reports on reconciliation in all the newspapers. The study revealed that being market oriented, the newspaper followed a war reporting approach and leading to further provocation of people instead of promoting reconciliation.Item The Contribution of Morphological Awareness to L2 Vocabulary Knowledge and Text Comprehension(University of Kelaniya, 2015) Dhanapala, K.V.; Kumara, H.R.C.First language (L1) research has recently documented the unique contribution of morphological awareness to vocabulary knowledge and text comprehension. However, the extent to which morphological awareness contributes to reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge among second language (L2) learners and learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in tertiary level is not well understood. This research seeks to identify howthe knowledge on derivational affixes that were considered difficult even for L1 readers to acquire, contribute to vocabulary and text comprehension among adult L2/EFL learners and whether vocabulary knowledge mediates the effect of morphological awareness on L2 text comprehension. In this study,our aim was to identify whether there exists a full mediation, partial mediation, or no mediation. Thus, this study, using a reading comprehension test, a breadth of vocabulary knowledge test and a morphological awareness test, investigated the contribution of morphological awareness inL2 text comprehension and receptive vocabulary knowledge among400 Sri Lankan tertiary level learners of English as a second language. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. The results indicated that morphological awareness made a significant contribution to reading comprehension for Sri Lankan learners when vocabulary knowledge was controlled for. Similarly, morphological awareness made a significant contribution to vocabulary knowledge and a significant partial mediation to L2 text comprehension among Sri Lankan undergraduates through vocabulary knowledge indicating the importance of morphological awareness in both vocabulary knowledge and text comprehension for adult L2 learners. The results also revealed that receptive vocabulary knowledge was identified as the best predictor of text comprehension amongSri Lankan learners of English.