Mental Health Media Decoder

Open the interactive poster full screen

Use Explore mode to select a marker or section and learn more. Use Quiz mode to practice finding each idea.

1. Representation — Ask who is shown, who is missing, and whether the portrayal is complex or stereotyped.
2. Language — Notice labels, jokes, fear framing, person-first or identity-first preferences, and tone.
3. Evidence — Separate dramatic storytelling, opinion, promotion, and verified health information.
4. Impact — Consider how the message may affect stigma, hope, help-seeking, fear, or misunderstanding.
5. Better Message — Redesign the message to be accurate, humane, inclusive, and actionable.

Teachers and editors can open calibration mode to adjust overlay positions and copy updated coordinates.