Living with the Media: Sense and Sensibility

“Living with the Media: Sense and Sensibility” is a Youth Exchange promoting Media Literacy and Critical Thinking. The project’s aim is to create awareness regarding media usage. The participants will work together with the use of non- formal educational methods and activities to achieve the following specific objectives:

- Understand how media messages shape our culture and society.
- Develop critical thinking regarding the information they received through the media.
- Explore the possibilities & the threads of media usage.
- Promote active participation in media related activities.
- Share their personal experiences from media usage in everyday life.
- Develop a critical approach towards media messages based on their own experiences, skills, beliefs, and values.
- Identify similarities & differences in practices used in different European countries in terms of Media Literacy.
- Develop their skills in creating media content with respect to human rights.

A Youthpass certificate will be provided to the participants at the end of the project.

How to participate: Send us the mandate (signed and scanned) and the Applicant ID form at projects@cyprusyouth.org with the subject: “Living with the Media- (name of your country)”.
For more information, please read the project outline below.