Selection of essays: Major trends of feminist approach to media: the articulation of gender in cinematic address: Sinhala cinema in 1992: advertising in Sri Lanka, how does it affect women?: the portrayal of women in recent Tamil films and its relevance to social reality: Gender representation in modern Sri Lankan Theatre: Women as gendered subject and other discourses in contemporary Sri Lankan fiction in English: Major trends identified in the Sri Lankan media and the recommendations made by the Media Monitoring Committee.