General Public - U.S. Media Literacy Week

Group Chat: Adolescent Wellbeing Online

It’s no secret that teens are deeply immersed in online spaces – for better and for worse. How do their online activities impact their wellbeing? Emily Weinstein and Carrie James from Project Zero surveyed 3,500 teens to understand how youth today must navigate their digital lives. Next Gen Public Media Youth Fellows Faiza Ashar and Jaden Thompson share their own perspectives as young people who are trying to figure things out for themselves.
Group Chat: Teens and Adults in Conversation

As part of our By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences project, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center presents three conversations between experts and youth around topics in youth digital culture, moderated by educator Dwight Dunston. Together, adults and teens explore issues like what kids are watching online, where they get their news, how they maintain a sense of well-being in the digital world, and what it’s like to collaborate with public media professionals to produce content.

Making Space: How art and media literacy can reshape notions of disability and representation

This panel conversation, with composer and performer Molly Joyce, artist Kyah Probst and media literacy expert Elizaveta Friesem, will explore how media, such as music, art, and other forms of self-expression, can support inclusion and identity-making, especially for those with disabilities. Molly and Kyah will showcase projects meaningful to them, and discuss their work and experiences as creators, and Elizaveta will provide perspectives on how media literacy can shift conversations about representation in ways that support and empower more people.

Group Chat: Youth Creators in Public Media

Public media stations around the country are offering unique opportunities for young people to produce content. In this Group Chat, teens from WNET’s Youth Collective “Amplify Series” and MPB’s Student Council Podcast join Hannah Dawe (WNET, public media station in New York City) and Jasmine Haryey (Mississippi Public Broadcasting) to give us the scoop on what it’s like behind the scenes when adults and youth collaborate in the studio.

Building Toward Digital Well-being for Children

Join Children’s Media Association, the LEGO Group, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and NAMLE for an interactive virtual session where we will investigate the questions: what is children’s digital well-being? why is it important? and how can we all build towards it? We’ll share new research and plans from the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) initiative and hear from experts in child development, gaming—and you! Let’s explore how we can all play a role in building a better digital landscape for children.