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Youth and Community Media Production

The Media Education Lab focuses on youth and community media production, working with our neighbors to create meaningful films about issues that matter. Some of our partners include the Village of Arts and Humanities, Arts Sanctuary, and Youth Empowerment Services.

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.
UCCP Leadership Course
Youth Voices, a program of Temple's University Community Collaborative Partnership (UCCP) provides a staff development program to the young leaders who work with Philadelphia youth on media production projects associated…
Copyright Criminals
Join us at this special screening and discussion event on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Rotunda, to be moderated by Professor Hector Postigo.
Sports and Media Literacy
This special event explored how talk about sports can build awareness of health issues while strengthening media literacy skills among African-American young men.Featuring Patrick Johnson and Erik Sakamoto from Oakland's…

Iranian Youth and Media Literacy
Curriculum Resources from the Youth Media Workshop for Iranian American Youth, held in Philadelphia from August 3 - 7, 2009 at the Asian Arts Initiative. See the lesson plans and…

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

Renee Hobbs and Jiwon Yoon. (2008, August). Creating Empowering Environments in Youth Media Organizations. Youth Media Reporter,
Martin, E. . (2008). Community Media and the Arts 2007-2008 .
Yoon, J.. (2007). Media Education: Benefits for Students and Teachers at Alternative High Schools. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R.. (1999, February). Teaching the Humanities in a Media Age. Educational Leadership, 56-62.
Hobbs, R. . (1994, January). Pedagogical Issues in U.S. Media Education. Sage Publications, 453-466.