For young people living in a British forces community in Germany, "the local media" is mainly represented by Sixth Sense, the weekly newspaper for the British forces and their families serving in Northern Europe, and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (radio and TV).
But this has not stopped a group of teenagers stationed there with their parents from reading about Young People Now's Positive Images campaign (www. ypnmagazine.com/campaign) - they can access the magazine through their info-shop - and acting on it.
The teenagers, stationed in the Rhine & European Support Group - a section of the forces community that covers parts of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium - last month invited a reporter from Sixth Sense to take part in a debate on the media. There are about 4,000 young people and children in the support group. Professional youth and community workers from the Army Welfare Service facilitated the debate as part of a series enabling participants to express their views.
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