Andrew Shaqfeh | Center for Media and Information Literacy https://centermil.org Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/09/23112129/cropped-cmil-favicon-01-32x32.png Andrew Shaqfeh | Center for Media and Information Literacy https://centermil.org 32 32 Media Literacy During COVID-19 https://centermil.org/2020/03/25/media-literacy-during-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-literacy-during-covid-19 https://centermil.org/2020/03/25/media-literacy-during-covid-19/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:09:07 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3635 As we all work through the challenges of this pandemic, consider the areas in which media literacy skills are vitally necessary. Below are a list of resources we have gathered from trusted media literacy partners working to help us make sense of the myriad of news reports, the misinformation, and the confusion. We hope the following resources are helpful. If you have specific questions…

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]]> https://centermil.org/2020/03/25/media-literacy-during-covid-19/feed/ 0 Episode 47: Advertising in Entertainment https://centermil.org/2020/02/26/episode-47/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-47 https://centermil.org/2020/02/26/episode-47/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:34:46 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3622 Last week I was searching for a video on YouTube and a video of a dancing teenage girl popped up. My daughter is a teenage girl, so yeah, I was interested! The three-minute video was about two teen girls and their long-distance friendship. I vaguely noticed that throughout the video the girls were video chatting using Skype. Then, at the final frame, the Skype logo appeared.

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]]> https://centermil.org/2020/02/26/episode-47/feed/ 0 Episode 46: How To Make Sense of the News https://centermil.org/2020/02/03/episode-46-how-to-make-sense-of-the-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-46-how-to-make-sense-of-the-news https://centermil.org/2020/02/03/episode-46-how-to-make-sense-of-the-news/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:07:35 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3589 Every day news happens. It might be a local school closing due to a fire. Or war breaking out on the other side of the world. Or the opening of the latest installment of your favorite superhero movie. It’s all news. How do you find out about the news that’s important to you? To your life as an employee or student, as a parent, as a citizen? The decline of newspapers, the actual physical kind…

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]]> https://centermil.org/2020/02/03/episode-46-how-to-make-sense-of-the-news/feed/ 1 Children’s Media Career Symposium: April 15, 2020 https://centermil.org/2020/01/29/childrens-media-career-symposium-april-15-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=childrens-media-career-symposium-april-15-2020 https://centermil.org/2020/01/29/childrens-media-career-symposium-april-15-2020/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:21:41 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3581 Join the Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple University for the third Children’s Media Career Symposium. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm at the Klein College of Media and Communication, one of the top communication’s schools in the USA. The event is geared to students and alumni interested in working in children’s media.

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]]> https://centermil.org/2020/01/29/childrens-media-career-symposium-april-15-2020/feed/ 0 Sherri Hope Culver interviewed for “Metro Kids” magazine https://centermil.org/2020/01/15/sherri-hope-culver-interviewed-for-metro-kids-magazine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sherri-hope-culver-interviewed-for-metro-kids-magazine https://centermil.org/2020/01/15/sherri-hope-culver-interviewed-for-metro-kids-magazine/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:23:33 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3119 Sherri Hope Culver is interviewed in the January 2020 edition of “Metro Kids” magazine. Her expertise in children and media is the focus of the article “Raise Smart News Consumers,” where Culver helps guide parents towards healthier news consumption strategies for their children. The article, written by Kimberly Yavorski, is available to read in the January 2020 edition of “Metro Kids” magazine…

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]]> https://centermil.org/2020/01/15/sherri-hope-culver-interviewed-for-metro-kids-magazine/feed/ 0 UNESCO confirms “Global Media and Information Literacy Week” https://centermil.org/2020/01/13/unesco-confirms-global-media-and-information-literacy-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unesco-confirms-global-media-and-information-literacy-week https://centermil.org/2020/01/13/unesco-confirms-global-media-and-information-literacy-week/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:38:09 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3116 Courtesy UNESCO: Media and Information Literacy as a tool for development is now recognized by countries around the world. For nine years, UNESCO and many partners have been promoting awareness about media and information literacy (MIL) through Global MIL Week. On 25 November 2019, one hundred and ninety-three countries unanimously proclaimed Global MIL Week as official at the 40th Session of…

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]]> https://centermil.org/2020/01/13/unesco-confirms-global-media-and-information-literacy-week/feed/ 0 Episode 45: The Growth of Podcasting https://centermil.org/2019/11/11/episode-45-the-growth-of-podcasting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-45-the-growth-of-podcasting https://centermil.org/2019/11/11/episode-45-the-growth-of-podcasting/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:18:24 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3103 Did you grow up with radio? Sherri did. Along with great memories of listening to her favorite stations and imagining what the DJ’s looked like, Sherri has memories of frustrating afternoons spent hovering over a radio with her tape recorder, just waiting and hoping she’d hear a song or comedy bit she loved and could record so she could listen to it over and over again (without having to…

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]]> https://centermil.org/2019/11/11/episode-45-the-growth-of-podcasting/feed/ 0 Sherri Hope Culver elected Vice-Chair of GAPMIL International Steering Committee https://centermil.org/2019/10/23/sherri-hope-culver-elected-vice-chair-of-gapmil-steering-committee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sherri-hope-culver-elected-vice-chair-of-gapmil-steering-committee https://centermil.org/2019/10/23/sherri-hope-culver-elected-vice-chair-of-gapmil-steering-committee/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:47:15 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3095 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 citizens have access to media and information literacy competencies. A bit more detail about GAPMIL below.

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]]> https://centermil.org/2019/10/23/sherri-hope-culver-elected-vice-chair-of-gapmil-steering-committee/feed/ 0 What’s Happening Globally with Media and Information Literacy? https://centermil.org/2019/10/23/whats-happening-globally-with-media-and-information-literacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-happening-globally-with-media-and-information-literacy https://centermil.org/2019/10/23/whats-happening-globally-with-media-and-information-literacy/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:33:03 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3090 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 have agreed to join forces and stand together for change.This pioneering initiative was launched during the Global Forum for…

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]]> https://centermil.org/2019/10/23/whats-happening-globally-with-media-and-information-literacy/feed/ 0 Summer 2020 Media Academy in Greece https://centermil.org/2019/10/14/summer-2020-media-academy-in-greece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-2020-media-academy-in-greece https://centermil.org/2019/10/14/summer-2020-media-academy-in-greece/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:59:04 +0000 https://centermil.org/?p=3068 Today, accurate information is an increasingly critical resource for our understanding of the world. Building on the success of the 2019 Summer School, we are looking forward to welcoming another group of participants from all over the world to Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy. This year’s topic will be New Trends in Media and Journalism: Global Media models and emerging…

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