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Media Literacy GenEd Now Available!

Media Literacy GenEd Now Available!

Join Professor Sherri Hope Culver for the course "Media in a hyper-mediated world" (KLN 0873). This course fulfills the Human Behavior GenEd requirement. The Internet-fueled democratization of media* creation has enabled anyone to be a publisher and has given...

Media Literacy Workshops in Nigeria

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...

Episode 41: An Inside View of the Music Industry

Episode 41: An Inside View of the Music Industry

https://vimeo.com/325074897 On this episode of Media Inside Out, our discussion will highlight the current state of the music industry, with a focus on gender equality and inequality both from the performance side and the management side of the field. We will also...

Children’s Media Experts Inspire at Event

Children’s Media Experts Inspire at Event

On Thursday, April 11, a group of children’s media experts spoke at the second Children’s Media Career Symposium. The evening included a panel focused on trends in children’s media and a second panel focused on career opportunities in the industry. Discussions were...

Episode 40: Media and its Influence on Play

Episode 40: Media and its Influence on Play

https://vimeo.com/315897386 Now more than ever, technology and toys are being connected. From AR-based games to toys with artificial intelligence built in, children have more and more opportunities to use media and some of our most advanced computer technology to...

Culver Presents at Media Literacy 360° Forum

Culver Presents at Media Literacy 360° Forum

On December 11th and 12th, 2019, Sherri Hope Culver presented at the Media Literacy 360° Forum and Fair. This event brought journalists, educators, and other professionals to Bratislava, Slovakia to discuss how the digital environment can improve information literacy...

Episode 39: Celebrity Culture & Politics

Episode 39: Celebrity Culture & Politics

https://vimeo.com/301280210 In recent years, celebrities have become increasingly vocal about their positions on various political topics. It’s a celebrity’s job to build believability with their audience and more celebrities are using that connected relationship 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...

Media Literacy Week Event: The Problem with Apu

Media Literacy Week Event: The Problem with Apu

On November 5, the Center for Media and Information Literacy hosted a screening and post-screening panel discussion of the documentary “The Problem with Apu". The film focuses on the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian immigrant in the animated sitcom The...

Episode 38: Colorism in the Media

Episode 38: Colorism in the Media

https://vimeo.com/294452454 Although colorism can happen anywhere, colorism in the media is the focus of this episode of Media Inside Out. We’ll be looking at how all media, including television programs, music videos and advertising campaigns favor lighter skin, and...

International Journalists Learn about Media Literacy

International Journalists Learn about Media Literacy

On Monday, October 1st, Sherri Hope Culver, CMIL Director, presented to 28 participants in the Foreign Press Center's International Reporting Tour on Media Literacy and Combatting Disinformation. Tour participants included reporters from across the globe including...

Culver presents at Mexico Media Literacy Forum

Culver presents at Mexico Media Literacy Forum

Sherri Hope Culver, CMIL Director, presented on the topic of "The identity of teenagers in social networks" at the first ever Media Literacy Forum of the Mexico IFT  (Institute of Federal Communications), an autonomous regulatory authority for telecommunications and...

2018 Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week

2018 Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week

The annual Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week was celebrated this year from October 24-31 under the theme “Media and Information Literate Cities: Voices, Powers and Change Makers”. UNESCO, UNAOC, the Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural...