Sherri Hope Culver | Center for Media and Information Literacy

Ep. 62- UK Trends in Children’s Media

Sherri Hope Culver — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:15:53 +0000

This episode was recorded in Manchester, England at the University of Salford. Every month it seems there is another report telling us how many hours of video games children play, or how many hours of TikTok they’re scrolling through, or television they’re watching. But those statistics barely scratch the surface of helping us to understand the media content available to…

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Ep. 61- Media literacy in Brasil

Sherri Hope Culver — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:33:35 +0000

Recorded in Brasil with two journalists and discussing media education. This episode of Media Inside Out is a first! It is the first time we have recorded an episode outside of the United States. Please join Sherri and her guests Alexandre Le Voci Sayad and Cristina Poli for this episode exploring media literacy in Brasil. Alexandre and Cristina co-host a program titled…

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Ep. 60 – Headlines as Clickbait

Sherri Hope Culver — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 20:39:57 +0000

Perhaps one of the most influential spaces in which words matter is in the news we consume. Whether you consume your news through a social media app such as TikTok or Twitter, or on a news podcast, or the website of a traditional news outlet like the New York Times or NBC News, or with an actual newspaper in hand, words are selected, edited, and discussed by the journalists writing the news for…

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Master’s program in Communication for Development & Social Change

Sherri Hope Culver — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:45:47 +0000

Temple University’s Communication for Development and Social Change (CDSC) Master’s program is very unique; while most communication/media master’s programs train students to work for the media industries, this university master’s program curriculum centers media and communication as key components of social change and social justice. In the United States, only Temple University and Ohio…

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Our projects – 2021

Sherri Hope Culver — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 22:41:13 +0000

Fall 2021 NewsletterWe are excited to share with you a few of the projectsand programs that have been keeping us busy. The 31st annual Global Media and Information Literacy Week was held on October 24 – October 31. The event brought together international leaders to discuss strategies for bringing MIL issues to a broader community and how […]

CMIL partners for “Advice from the Classroom”

Sherri Hope Culver — Fri, 29 May 2020 14:38:30 +0000

Created in a landmark collaboration with the College of Education, TUTV and Temple’s Center for Media and Information Literacy, “Advice from the Classroom” is a new program for parents featuring smart ways to make learning at home engaging and fun. The short videos distill concise instructions and valuable insights on how to foster learning with easy and simple techniques. Each video is introduced…

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Does media literacy need a makeover?

Sherri Hope Culver — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:21:20 +0000

Sherri Hope Culver’s blog article “Does Media Literacy Need A Makeover?” has been picked up by PROMAX, the professional association for creative and marketing promotion-makers. See full article here. For other articles by Culver, click here. …

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Culver to speak at Global Media & Info Literacy Conference

Sherri Hope Culver — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:06:57 +0000

An exciting gathering of educators, global leaders, policy makers, and organizations will take place in Sao Paolo, Brazil from November 2-5, 2016 for the Global MIL (Media & Information Literacy) Conference. The conference is part of Global MIL WEEK whose purpose is to promote MIL connections across educational institutions, organizations, policies, professions, initiatives and nations.

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North American Chapter of Global MIL Alliance Kicks Off

Sherri Hope Culver — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:39:15 +0000

A group of media and information literacy educators and organizations representing a broad range of sectors met in London, Ontario at Western University on Sept. 20 and 21, 2016 to form the North American Sub-Chapter of the UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance for Partnerships onMedia and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) network. Through GAPMIL, organizations from over eighty countries […]

MIL Clicks

Sherri Hope Culver — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:14:26 +0000

MIL CLICKS is a social media movement led by the Communication and Information Sector of UNESCO. The acronym CLICKS stands for Critical-thinking, Creativity, Literacy, Intercultural, Citizenship, Knowledge & Sustainability. The objectives of this social media strategy are to use social media to: 1) Train people to become more media and information literate and to 2) Raise awareness about the…

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