Sherri Hope Culver has been elected Vice-Chair of the International Steering Committee (ISC) for the UNESCO Global Alliance on Partnerships for Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL). GAPMIL represents organizations from over 80 countries working to ensure that all...
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What’s Happening Globally with Media and Information Literacy?
The Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) is a groundbreaking effort to promote international cooperation to ensure that all citizens have access to media and information competencies. Yet, organizations from over eighty countries...
How Kidfluencers are changing the game: a long way from the Mickey Mouse Club
Sherri Hope Culver will be presenting and moderating at an event for Media Literacy Week titled, "How Kidfluencers are changing the game: a long way from the Mickey Mouse Club". The event is sponsored by the Children's Media Association, National Association for Media...
Media Literacy Workshops in Nigeria
The CMIL is partnering with the Street Project Foundation (Nigeria) for their Digital Amazons project. Digital Amazons is a three-week capacity building program for female creatives aged 18-25 years old gifted in different areas of the Creative Arts. The goal is to...
Philly as a “Smart” Media & Information Literate City
Since 2012 the CMIL has been collaborating with UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization) through their global university program to develop, encourage, and guide a global array of media and information literacy (MIL) resources and...
Report from the Children’s Media Career Symposium
On Thursday. April 12th, the Center for Media and Information Literacy hosted its first ever Children's Media Career Symposium at Temple University. The evening consisted of panels on trends in children's media and career opportunities in the industry, followed by...
Culver authors chapter for “20 Questions About Youth and Media”
Sherri Hope Culver authors a chapter for the next edition of 20 Questions About Youth and Media, a comprehensive guide to today's most compelling issues regarding the study of children, tweens, teens and the media. The book addresses a range of media, from cartoons to...
Culver presents at International Media Literacy Research Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal
An international media literacy research symposium was held in Lisbon, Portugal April 20, 2018,at the beautiful Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. This is the second time the symposium will take place--the first one was held at Fairfield University in Connecticut, USA on...
Summer 2019 Media Academy in Greece
Join us in Greece in Summer 2019 for the International Media Summer Academy! Today, accurate information is an increasingly critical resource for our understanding of the world. Building on the success of the 2018 Summer School, we are looking forward to welcoming...
Culver guest on Radio Times discussing new children’s TV documentary
Sherri Hope Culver, CMIL director, appeared on WHYY's Radio Times (NPR) on March 6, 2018 to discuss the impact of Fred Rogers, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, on children’s media during the 50th anniversary of this iconic show. Generations of children have grown up...
Children’s Global Media Summit 2017
From December 5-7, Manchester, UK, will be home to the Children's Global Media Summit, a major child's media event held only once every 3 years! Over the 3 day Summit, sessions and keynotes will focus on five key themes: Innovation, Empowerment, Freedom, Entertainment...
Media Literacy Week event: The Challenge of Communicating in the Age of Twitter
Media Literacy Week is November 6-10, 2017 Media Literacy Week is a national event to raise awareness about the need for media literacy education and its essential role in education today. Organizations, schools, educators and Media Literacy Week partners from...
Culver presents at International Children’s Media Conference in Istanbul
The 6th Annual International Children's Media Conference (Istanbul) held November 1-2, 2017 is Turkey's one and only conference focusing on children's media. Professor and CMIL Director Sherri Hope Culver was an invited speaker at the conference. Her presentation was...
Global Privacy and MIL Report Released!
The CMIL is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, "Survey on Media and Information Literacy with Youth Perspectives" co-authored by CMIL Director, Sherri Hope Culver and Alton Grizzle, Program Specialist for Media and Information Literacy, UNESCO. This...
Culver presents at International Journalism Summer School in Thessaloniki, Greece
During summer July 2017 Sherri Hope Culver participated in the international summer school in Thessaloniki, Greece. Aristotle University Department of Journalism and Mass Media Communications developed this summer school with Deutsche Welle Academie and Beijing...