Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Krishan Jayashanka Siriwardhana

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• Research Article
  Post War Media Behavior in Sri Lanka
  Author(s): Krishan Jayashanka SiriwardhanaKrishan Jayashanka Siriwardhana
  
  Three decades of civil war which was recently ended in Sri Lanka can be considered as one of the most brutal conflicts in the Asian region. The content of the both electronic and print media in Sri Lanka have been dominated with the war related information during the past three decades. Especially, during the final stages of the war there was no notable space for other information as everything was written and reported on war. There was a clearly visible competition among national newspapers to attract the readership with content of war. Since the end of the war, newspapers found it difficult to keep their readers with ordinary news and they started reporting crimes and other sensitive incidents to attract readers. This paper discuses the post war media behavior in Sri Lanka with special reference to National newspapers in the country. Discourse analysis is conducted on four selected .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000127

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