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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Airdates: Wednesday, March 14th, 12:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., and Thursday, March 15th, 4:30 a.m/ET. On this episode of Media Inside Out, we explore the challenges of parenting in a media-rich world. Every day, most of us make numerous decisions about our media use....
Come Join CMIL for the Children's Media Symposium! Remember how much you loved Sesame Street? Spongebob Squarepants? Dora the Explorer? Maybe you still do! Have you considered a career in this growing field? Media companies are investing BILLIONS (yes, "B") in...
https://vimeo.com/265070553 Airdates: Wednesday, Feb. 7th, 12:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., and Thursday, Feb 8th, 4:30 a.m/ET. Because of the recent #MeToo movement and Women's Marches across the country, Merriam-Webster announced that its 2017 Word of the Year was feminism....