Messages in a Bottle – Empathy Skills through Media Education

Messages in a Bottle material provides tools for promoting empathy skills and freedom of speech through media education. The four sections of the material can be implemented independently or as a broader whole.

emotional skillshuman rightsidentitymedia literacy
Age group:
AdultsAges 0 to 6Ages 13 to 17Ages 7 to 12
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Author:
Finnish PEN, Finnish Society on Media Education, Metka Centre for Media Education, National Audiovisual Institute, Yle Oppiminen, Yle Uutisluokka

Empathy Skills through Media Education

How are media and empathy connected? Do forms of media increase loneliness or communality? Can types of media be used to create more understanding between people?

‘Messages in a Bottle’ studies media in particular in relation to access to information, listening, interaction, self-expression and involvement. Overarching themes include promoting wide-ranging competence in empathy and freedom of speech.

A message in a bottle is a familiar communication method from adventure stories. Sending a message in a bottle can be seen as a form of media. In this case, the bottle is the media device or tool, and the message itself is the media content.

Messages in a Bottle – Empathy Skills through Media Education

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