BA, MSSc. (Kln), Dip in TRMD(Kln), Visharad(Lucknow).

About Me

Dammika Bandara Herath is a Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication in the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Kelaniya. He began his professional career as a freelance journalist at LAKBIMA, a leading national daily newspaper in Sri Lanka. Later, he worked as a programme presenter and producer at LAKHANDA Radio, a state-owned radio station.

After completing his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Mass Communication, he joined the academic staff of the University of Kelaniya in 2009 and has since contributed to the fields of communication and media studies. In 2014, he completed his Master of Social Sciences degree with a research project on the objectives and audiences of regional radio in Sri Lanka, focusing on the “Rajarata Sewaya” and “Wayamba Handa” radio stations.

From 2016 to 2019, he served as the coordinator of the Diploma in Mass Communication programme, and since 2019, he has been serving as the coordinator of the Master of Arts in Mass Communication programme. His main areas of academic interest are radio media and communication research. He has also served as a member of the panel of judges for the State Radio Awards, the Swarna Pusthaka Awards, and the Presidential Media Awards.

Events

Siyawasaka Sihanada

I had the opportunity to write an article for the book 'Siyawasaka Sihanada' published by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in celebration of the centenary of Sri Lankan radio. This article was written about the magazine 'Handa' (Sound), a publication of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, under the title "Airwaves Recorded on the Pages: The Role of the Radio ‘Hada’ Magazine".

A radio magazine primarily aims to promote, document, and analyze radio culture. This work involves interviews, various program guides, listener-participation content, feature writing, technical analysis, etc. An analysis of the content of the Handa magazine, published by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, reveals that various steps have been taken to raise listeners' awareness of radio. This is discussed in detail in this article.

Sanniwēdana

We, as the editorial board, are delighted to present to you the second issue of the peer-reviewed academic Journal ' Sanniwēdana', which includes research articles related to the field of communication and media studies.

The content of this academic Journal, published biannually by the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, primarily contains new research knowledge on communication. We are pleased to inform you that this academic platform is open for publishing your research.

As the editorial board, we would like to express our gratitude to all those who prepared research articles, those who subjected all articles to peer review, and those who assisted in the printing and publication of the book.

- Editorial Board-

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