My Pop Studio - Curriculum and Online Activities/Media

My Pop Studio is a creative play experience and online interactive space for girls, designed to build media literacy and critical thinking skills. A robust curriculum guides educators in facilitating activities that promote candid discussion and reflection. The site enables users to learn about the inner workings of the media industry including music production, television, magazine publishing, and multimedia – to deconstruct the process and discover the techniques media makers use to subtly influence their audiences. In each area, youth experiment with different media-making roles while analyzing the impact media has on their self-image and daily lives....

Design Overview
The developers of My Pop Studio are uniquely aware of the profound ways that the current media culture influences girls. Celebrity, advertising, social networking, and popular entertainment can have a significant impact on a young person’s social and emotional development as well as their physical and mental well-being. Employing dynamic multimedia tools, the site intends to identify and counter negative impact and offer girls an opportunity to interact with peers, parents, and their teachers as they explore the role media plays in their lives.