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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.

Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
Online registration is now open! Join us in Providence July 14 - 19 for a hands-on, minds-on professional development program for educators and librarians.
Hobbs Presents at SXSW Edu in Austin Texas
Renee Hobbs offers a session entitled, "Kids Who Produce News Become Better Citizens." She describes brand new empircal research findings that demonstrate how, for students enrolled in a video production…
YALSA Teens and Libraries Summit, Jan 23 - 24, Seattle
Renee Hobbs participated in the YALSA National Forum on Libraries and Teens project, the Teens & Libraries Summit Jan. 23-24, 2013, in Seattle. The Summit featured two days of speakers,…
Exploring our Love/Hate Relationship with "Jersey Shore"
Renee Hobbs leads a discussion to probe into our love/hate relationship with MTV's Jersey Shore on Thursday, February 16 in Weldin Hall on the campus of the University of Rhode…

Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom
Learn the secrets of media literacy pedagogy in Grades 7 - 12 and maximize the power of mass media, popular culture and digital media for teaching and learning.
Foster Youth Program in Media Literacy
We're learning-by-doing to discover how media literacy analysis and production experiences can support the development of teens in foster care.
Media Literacy Smartphone
Available for purchase for the first time ever, the media literacy smartphone helps students learn to ask questions about what they read, see, watch and listen to
My Pop Studio
Create a pop star and reflect on values in music Edit a TV show and see how juxtaposition reshapes meaning Try multitasking and see how it affects your memory and attention ----And more…

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

Hobbs, R. & RobbGrieco, M.. (2012, November). African-American Children's Active Reasoning about Media Texts as a Precursor to Media Literacy in the United States. Journal of Children and Media,
(2010, June). Media Education Lab 2010 End-of-Year Report. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R. (2010, November). Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action. The Aspen Institute, (Washington, DC)
Spiller, K and Hobbs, R.. (2010, October). Talking About Fashion's Fat Girls: Relational Aggression in Online Communities. Paper presented at the Reimagining Girlhood conference, SUNY Cortland, (Purchase NY)
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.