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The Power of Digital Narratives: Analyzing Facebook’s Role in Inspiring and Sustaining the Galle Face Protest Sri Lanka 2022

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  • Sandunika Rathnayaka

    (Lecturer (Probationary) – University of Sri Jayewardenepura,)

  • Upeka Rathnayake

    (Lecturer- Eurasian Campus)

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In the year 2022, the protest that took place in the center of the Galleface protest area was a remarkable event in the history of Sri Lanka. The reason for this is that until then, no protest had taken place in the history of this country with the representation of the people of the entire society. Before the start of the 2022 Galleface protest, protests against the existing government had started in various places on the island. The series of protests started from the silent protest centered around Viharamaha Devi Park to the Galleface ground. The massive crisis faced by the people when the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka approved daily power cuts due to the fuel crisis was a special reason for the protest (Dahanayake, 2022). Then this crisis was felt by the public because there was not enough fuel in the country for the public and there were not enough dollars in the country to import. Accordingly, the public spent days in queues, disrupting their daily activities and standing in long queues to get fuel. The fact that queues of vehicles have been created in front of fuel stations all over the island to get fuel (Dahanayake, 2022) have prepared the reasons for directing people to protest.

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  • Sandunika Rathnayaka & Upeka Rathnayake, 2024. "The Power of Digital Narratives: Analyzing Facebook’s Role in Inspiring and Sustaining the Galle Face Protest Sri Lanka 2022," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(12), pages 3631-3639, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:12:p:3631-3639
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