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Girls and Media Culture

  • Tween and teen girls enjoy using and participating with the wide variety of media forms available as a means to express their creativity. Issues of body image, sexuality and celebrity identification are especially significant for this age group as agents of socialization.

Events

  • World Summit on Children and Media
    Media educators and advocates for children and media --Join us in Sweden next summer for this important international event!
  • Digital Media and Learning Conference, Feb 18 - 20
    Join Renee Hobbs and members of the Media Education Lab at the DML Conference in LaJolla, California on February 18 - 20 for this exciting conference on digital media and…
  • The Power of Youth Voice
    Experts shared their research and experiences using digital media during a recent forum in Philadelphia. You can watch Renee and her colleagues talk about this topic.
  • Your Life Online, On-Air, and Onscreen
    We developed informal learning programs about media literacy in partnership with Girl Scouts, summer camps for girls, and other settings. Read our case study reports here and try out some creative activities.

Curriculum Materials

The Media Education Lab is one of the leading providers of multimedia curriculum resources for K-12 media literacy education. Take advantage of our extensive collection of free resources below:



  • Growing Up Online
    Check out our lesson plans for teachers and an interactive quiz for parents encourage reflection and analysis of the Frontline film, "Growing Up Online."  Renee Hobbs and Kelly Mendoza developed materials…
  • My Pop Studio
    My Pop Studio is an online creative play experience for girls ages 9 - 14 designed to promote media literacy. The project was supported by a grant from the U.S.…

Research and Scholarship

Some of the publications of members of the Media Education Lab team: