Students will collaborate with community partners, such as NAMI, to interview individuals with lived mental health experiences, fostering empathy and understanding of media misrepresentation impacts, which sets a foundation for defining misconceptions to address in the next phase.

Students will articulate the specific misportrayed mental health issues from their chosen media piece and define how these contribute to stigma, guiding their revision process through a critical lens for accurate representation.

Students will brainstorm diverse and innovative approaches to revamp mental health media misrepresentations, creating initial conceptual sketches and solutions by leveraging feedback from peers and mentors to amplify their ideas and connect them to societal impact, fostering critical thinking and collaborative problem-solving.

Students will develop low-fidelity prototypes of their revamped media pieces using various creative tools and peer feedback, focusing on accurately portraying mental health to reduce stigma and misinformation, building upon their initial ideas and preparing for the final refinement and testing stages.

Students will present their revamped media projects to peers, community partners, and mentors to gather feedback, which they will use to refine their work, ensuring a more accurate portrayal of mental health issues and increasing societal impact.