Digital and Media Literacy Resources
NEDA’s Get REAL! Digital Media Literacy Toolkit is a resource to help think critically about media and
body image, talk back to media about unrealistic body image messages, and advocate for transparency
and celebrating our natural looks, body sizes and shapes in the digital media culture. Here are a few
more media literacy resources to help become less vulnerable to media’s influence on body image.
About-Face www.about-face.org
About-Face provides women and girls media literacy tools to understand and resist harmful media messages
that affect their self-esteem and body image, and encourages them to take action by contacting media-
makers to criticize negative messages and praise positive ones.
Center on Media and Child Health @ Children’s Hospital Boston
www.cmch.tv/mentors_teachers/lp_index.asp The Center on Media and Child Health offers media literacy lesson plans about body image and other health-
related issues for teachers and parents to mentor children in developing critical thinking skills when they use
media. Center for Media Literacy
www.medialit.org The Center for Media Literacy is the pioneering media literacy educational organization in the United States
that developed the MediaLit Kit, a collection of media literacy resources featuring professional development
and curricular materials focusing on an expanded vision of literacy for the 21st Century.
Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media / See Jane
www.seejane.org Geena Davis Institute and See Jane, its programming arm, are at the forefront of changing female portrayals
and gender stereotypes in children’s media and entertainment. In partnership with USA Today Education,
See Jane developed a series of media literacy lessons focused on gender, self-image and equality.
Girl Scouts
www.girlscouts.org Girl Scouts is the largest organization for girls in the world whose mission is to foster girls of courage,
confidence, and character to make the world a better place. Media literacy skills are a key component of
Girl Scouting’s newest Leadership Journey Series It’s Your Story—Tell It! to get girls to think critically about
the media and promote positive and healthy images of women and girls.
Girls Inc.
www.girlsinc.org Girls Inc. Media Literacy program increases girls’ awareness of the scope and power of the media and its
effects on girls and women. Girls learn to analyze media messages about appearance, the narrow definition
of beauty, sexual behaviors and substance use, create media that are more realistic and reflective of their
lives, celebrate positive role portrayals, and advocate for change in entertainment, news, and advertising.