A new research report on children's media is now available. The report, The Quality Question: Why Children's Media Must Aim High, is based on research conducted by Sherri Hope Culver during her Fulbright in which she interviewed over 75 leaders in the field of...
Projects
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...
CMIL partners for “Advice from the Classroom”
Created in a landmark collaboration with the College of Education, TUTV and Temple’s Center for Media and Information Literacy, “Advice from the Classroom” is a new program for parents featuring smart ways to make learning at home engaging and fun. The short videos...
Sherri Hope Culver elected Vice-Chair of GAPMIL International Steering Committee
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...
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...
New Media Technology Charter School
The Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple University is currently working with New Media Technology Charter School to co-create a framework for media and information literacy integration across all grades and subjects.We are so excited to be working...
Research study on privacy in MIL Education Environments
The Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) is currently working on a research study with UNESCO-UNAOC and the University Network on Media and Information Literacy. The purpose of this research is to explore the frequency, methods and impact of privacy issues...
UNESCO Global Chair in Media and Information Literacy
Sherri Hope Culver is participating in the UNESCO university collaborative known as UNITWIN (university twining and networking program) for media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue (MILID). In this role she collaborates with other media literacy...
MILID Yearbook
2015 Yearbook: The third annual yearbook on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) was published in June 2015. The featured title for that yearbook is: Media and Information Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals. The yearbook was...
Culver and Moore begin workshop series with NMTCS
CMIL Director Sherri Hope Culver and Program Director David Cooper Moore will begin a six-month workshop series with the New Media Technology Charter School (NMTCS) in Philadelphia: The Media Literacy Circle. This continuing professional development program comprises...
KCAPA partnership program enters its second year
This past week new CMIL members Julie Zegler and Shilpa Soundararajan, undergraduates in Temple's School of Media and Communication, began their work facilitating an exciting project at the Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School. This is the second year...
Lenfest Literacy Project
Each week CMIL brings an afterschool media literacy program to the Lenfest "PAL" (Police Athletic League) recreation center in North Philadelphia. The "Philly Media Club"-- as the students call it-- introduces middle school students to basic concepts of media...
Global Chair in Media and Information Literacy
The Center for Media and Information Literacy has been named as a Global Chair in Media and Information Literacy in a collaboration between the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations...
My Pop Studio
My Pop Studio is a media literacy website aimed at children, tweens, and teens that helps users develop media liteacy skills in analyzing and composing media messages through interactive games and activities.