The CMIL is a proud sponsor of UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy Week. The theme of this years Global MIL Week is "The New Digital Frontiers of Information: Media and Information Literacy for Public Interest Information". It will explore the...
Description Have you ever thought about a career in the children's media industry? This is a growing area of the media industry and includes companies such as Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop,TikTok, Fortnite, Mattel, Kidz Bop, PBS Kids and others. The Certificate in...
CMPoP meeting at Big Howl Studios on November 10th, 2023 What is CMPoP? CMPoP was founded in June 2023 by Kaz Long & Sherri Hope-Culver with the purpose of fostering a community of children’s media professionals in the local Philly area. We recognized that there...
Apply to The Children's Media Industry Trends and Opportunities Program in Los Angeles! This program is led by Sherri Hope Culver and explores the growing industry surrounding content for children. During your time in LA you'll have the opportunity to meet with the...
During December 2022, Sherri served as a visiting professor at Western Sydney University in Australia. While there, she met with professors to discuss media literacy and its influence on the media industry and on students. She recorded several lectures for WSU...
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...
The CMIL is proud to be a partner in the Prix Jeunesse this year. We helped organize one of the global youth juries to screen and judge two categories of this prestigious children's television festival. The judging consisted of two categories: Fiction for ages 11-15...
Sherri was invited to do a presentation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (March 2022) on behalf of the Association Country Women of the World. Her presentation was titled, "Surveillance Society: the power and influence of algorithms". A video of the...
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...
Meet the ISC! The International Steering Committee (ISC) of UNESCO’s Global MIL Alliance has released a booklet sharing information about the elected leadership and mission. The ISC serve as advisors to UNESCO regarding MIL activities. Sherri Hope Culver currently...
The course "The Children's Media Industry: Trends and Opportunities" was held in Los Angeles for two weeks in May 2022. This 3-credit course was taught by professor Sherri Hope Culver and offered students the opportunity to meet with producers, writers, media...
Media Literacy is a pivotal issue that addresses important questions in this highly digitalized field of communication. It provides the basis for understanding critical thought of media, enhancing the access to information and ensuring an intercultural framework that...
NAMLE has started an international research initiative to assess to assess the current state of media literacy education. The increased changes in technology, industries and communication has caused media literacy to become a necessary skill for today's society. The...
Webinar Details Celebrity is hardly a new phenomenon; however, thanks to the digital age, it’s never been easier to become the next big thing. Young people in 2021 consume media in a rapidly-changing landscape, and experience a personalized digital experience every...
The Role of Play in "Building" Media Literacy was a webinar held on Tuesday, October 26th where Jorge Aguirre (Head Writer of Alma's Way), Michelle Cuila Lipkin (executive director for the National Assossciation for Media Literacy Education) and Sarah Jacobstein (Sr....