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Ep. 53 – The Truth About Digital Influencers

Ep. 53 – The Truth About Digital Influencers

The latest episode of Media Inside Out premiered on TUTV on April 12 at 12PM. Watch it here! Episode Description: Do you have fantasies about sharing your favorite restaurant with thousands, or millions of followers? There are influencers about dog care. Influencers...

Digital Playgrounds Webinar

Digital Playgrounds Webinar

When adults look at teenagers playing video games, they often see a pleasant (but also ultimately meaningless) way of spending free time. What they might miss is the fact that for many young people games have become the most important part of their media ecosystem –...

Children’s Media Career Symposium 2021

Children’s Media Career Symposium 2021

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 Thursday, March 25th, 2021 from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm over zoom. The event is geared to students and alumni interested in...

UNESCO Media & Information Literacy Alliance News Update

UNESCO Media & Information Literacy Alliance News Update

Sherri Hope Culver (CMIL director) edited the latest edition of the UNESCO Media & Information Literacy (MIL) Alliance News Update (V.2 - N.6)  released February 2021. Sherri serves as co-vice chair of the International Steering Committee. The Update shares global...

Ep. 52 – Teens Online

Ep. 52 – Teens Online

The latest episode of Media Inside Out aired on TUTV on Monday, March 1st at 12PM. The episode tackled the topic of teens online, with real teens perspectives! Host, Sherri Hope Culver, asked questions and talked about online media consumption, digital footprints,...

Ep. 51 – Seniors Online

Ep. 51 – Seniors Online

Aired live on Monday, February 8th, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm on TUTV. Episode Description: If you’re a person in your 20’s, or even your 40’s you likely take for granted your ease with conducting your life online. You pay bills online. Facetime with friends. Stream new...

Ep. 50 – The Influence of TikTok

Ep. 50 – The Influence of TikTok

Aired Wednesday (01/06/21) at 12:30PM EST AND 8:30PM EST and at 4:30AM EST on Thursday  (01/07/21) One of the most popular apps in existence right now is TikTok, a short form video sharing app. At last count, TikTok had over 50 million daily active users in the US--...

Violence on Screen in Russia & the Youth

Violence on Screen in Russia & the Youth

Violence on the Russian & American Media Screen and Youth Audience is an article written by Alexander Fedorov from 2003. This paper analyzes violence in society and how it may be connected to the presentation of violence in the media. See below for an excerpt from...

The Learning Network from The New York Times

The Learning Network from The New York Times

    The Learning Network is a section of the New York Times for teachers seeking to obtain new ideas and methods of teaching media literacy, among other topics to students of various age groups. Article topics range anywhere from student opinion articles,...

Media Education: Sociology Surveys

Media Education: Sociology Surveys

The Media Education: Sociology Surveys written by Alexander Fedorov (in 2015) outlines the main goals of media education and demonstrates how the development of mass communication has altered personalities within society. Within these surveys, Fedorov indicates how...

Media Education Kit

Media Education Kit

The Media Education Kit is tailored to a diverse audience. Not only does this kit provide school teachers with modules of media education curriculum, it additionally outlines key concepts to adults outside school systems as well.  The kit presents a parent manual, a...

Literacy for The 21st Century

Literacy for The 21st Century

  Literacy for the 21st Century is a helpful source for anyone who may be interested in implementing media literacy workshops, graduate seminars, or faculty in-service programs. This guidebook was originally written in 2003 and then later updated in 2005. The...

Center for Media Literacy MediaLit Kit

Center for Media Literacy MediaLit Kit

This kit presents tools and resources to educators and students. This useful source covers theories and various methods of implementing media literacy based on CML’s research-based framework.   Click here to access CML MediaLit Kit.