Media-Miss. Poongulaly Balagobalan – Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna

Lecturer (Probationary) in Media Studies

Faculty of Arts

University of Jaffna

Sri Lanka.

A.(Hons), in Communication Studies (Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka)
Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Media Studies (Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo)
A.(Reading), in Mass Media Studies (Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo)

Previous Appointments

Lecturer (Temporary), Department of Languages and Communication Studies, Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University – 2017 June to July
Junior Media Consultant, Web content Management and Media, Constitutional Assembly Secretariat, Sri Lanka Parliament – 2016 August to 2017 June
Web Content Writer & Journalist, Government Information Department Official Website (news.lk) – 2014 April to 2016 August

Research paper publications and presentations

Poongulaly,B.,(2014). ‘Comparative Analysis on portrayal of Sri Lankan Civil war and people through Newspaper political cartoons : Special reference with Thinakkural and Lankadeepa’, International conference on ‘Media in
Transformation: Exploring role of ICT, Innovative Communications and New Media’ Sri Lanka, (GCRA 2014)
Poongulaly,B.,Pothanayaki,N., Anutharsi,L.,(2017). ‘The Influence of Social Media on the Self – Esteem of Youth: Special reference to Facebook’, 4^th International Conference on Arts and Humanities, (ICOAH 2017)

Resource Person

Resource Person, Workshop on ‘Communication and Media Studies’ for Island wide school Teachers, National Institute of Education, 06^th of December, 2017.

Innovations and Creations in Media Field and University level

Directed a short film “A Remaining Dream” and a Documentary “A world beyond the sea”.
Designed Advertisements and Articles on various subjects.
Written more than 20 articles when worked as the Web Content Writer & Journalist, Government Information Department Official website www.news.lk

Teaching Interest

Research Interest