What would it mean for your organization to be able to...
Keep up with the digital landscape that young people are navigating?
Recognize red flags in a young person's digital life?
Be the kind of place where young people don't have to leave part of their lives at the door?
From TikTok, AI chatbots, and algorithmic feeds to whatever comes next, digital media is reshaping how young people learn, connect, and understand themselves. It opens real opportunities alongside real concerns about mental health, learning, and social connections.
Digital media literacy equips a young person to navigate the digital world safely and on their own terms by learning how to question what they see, understand how platforms are built to shape what they believe and feel, and make informed, intentional choices about their own digital life.
Young people build this skill directly, but they don't build it alone. An organization equipped to support media literacy becomes a place where young people don't have to navigate digital life on their own.
The ICAN Framework
ICAN is a practical framework that explains what shapes a young person's experience of digital life, and what it takes to support them well.
Developed by Dr. Jacqueline Vickery and built on established research in critical media literacy education and positive youth development, ICAN guides every training, program, and consultation Mindful Media delivers.
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When organizations build digital media literacy into how they support young people, they...
Know what to do when something goes wrong.
They recognize risk, know how to respond, and have adults they trust enough to ask for help.
Understand what's happening on their screens.
They question what they see, recognize how platforms are designed to influence them, and make more intentional choices online.
Engage on their own terms.
They have the skills, support, and self-awareness to navigate digital life without losing themselves in it.
Organizations like yours are already doing important work.
Mindful Media helps make sure digital life is part of it.
If young people are part of your work, this is for you.
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K-12 schools & districts
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Mental health & public health orgs
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Youth-serving nonprofits
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Libraries & community centers
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After-school & summer programs
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Child & social welfare agencies
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Juvenile justice programs
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Family engagement programs
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Experiential learning programs
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Faith-based orgs
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