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Media Literacy Advocacy

  • The Media Education Lab advocates for programs that help to enable all 700 million American K-12 students with the opportunity to gain critical thinking and communication skills about mass media, popular culture and digital media. We inspire young adults to make important contributions to the ongoing development of the media literacy community.

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!
  • Getting Media Literate about Network Promotion
    On Nov 19, we welcomed Independent Film Channel (IFC) senior executive Kent Rees, who took us behind-the-scenes for an insider's look at the development of the branding and marketing campaigns for this…
  • 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.
  • Phoenixville Middle School Students Come to Temple!
    Students from the Phoenixville Middle School take an outing to Temple University for media literacy learning experiences led by members of the Media Education Lab team. Students visit WRTI radio station and take…

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:



  • Digital Workshops for the Digital Nation
    Renee Hobbs and her colleagues at the Media Education Lab developed the Digital Workshops for Parents and Educators as part of Frontline's "Digital Nation," premiering February 2, 2010.
  • TV Smarts for Kids
    TV Smarts is a set of three short videos designed to promote critical thinking about the media. 

Research and Scholarship

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