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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.

We're Opening Our Doors
A free professional development program for educators
Powerful Voices for Kids Summer Media Program for Children
A Program Especially for Russell Byers Charter School Students and Middle School and High School ALUMNI
World Summit on Children and Media
Media educators and advocates for children and media are here with us in Sweden 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…

My Pop Studio
My Pop Studio is an online creative play experience for girls ages 9 - 14 that promotes media literacy with edutainment gaming. Girls can: Create a pop star and reflect on…
Powerful Voices for Kids Program
A university-school partnership program brings digital and media literacy to K-12 schools
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…

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

(2010, June). Media Education Lab 2010 End-of-Year Report. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R. and Rowe, J.. (2008). Creative Remixing and Digital Learning: Developing an Online Media Literacy Tool for Girls. P. C. Rivoltella (Ed.). Idea Group Press , 230 - 241.
Mendoza, K.. (2007). Connecting the Literature on Girls and the Internet to Evaluation Ideas for My Pop Studio. Philadelphia: Temple University
Mendoza, K.. (2007). WATZ UR NAM?: Adolescent Girls, Chat Rooms, and Interpersonal Authenticity. Philadelphia: Temple University
Mendoza, K.. (2007). How do Girls Experience an Online Game for Media Literacy?: A Research Proposal. Philadelphia: Temple University
Mendoza, K.. (2007). Book Review: Girl Wide Web: Girls, the Internet, and the Negotiation of Identity. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R., Broder, S., Pope, H. & Rowe, J.. (2006, January). How Adolescent Girls Interpret Weight-Loss Advertising. Health Education Research, (21) 719-730.
Baker, B., Donnelly, K., Mendoza, K., and Surowiak, D.. (2006). Analyzing an Online Game for Media Literacy: My Pop Studio Popstar Producer. Philadelphia: Temple University