This session will initiate a dialogue on the development of an international multi-stakeholder framework for private/digital platforms to promote media and information literacy. We aim to demonstrate how multi-stakeholder cooperation can work with private sector...
The eighth annual global celebration of Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week will take place from 26 to 31 October 2020. The theme for this year is titled, “Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for everyone and, by everyone”. Global MIL...
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...
Join us in Greece in Summer 2020 for the International Media Summer Academy! 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...
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...
At a time in which the ways we consume media have been changing rapidly, how much do we want the government to help support media industry growth or determine media industry restrictions? These questions are not some purely academic exercise. The answers affect what...
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...
Students and early career professionals spent a wonderful spring evening at Temple University’s Annenberg Hall for the Children’s Media Career Symposium Thursday, April 12, 2018.
Sherri's blog explores topical issues relating to children's media and media literacy. The blog is available at www.sherrihopeculver.com Topics have included: -media as mirror: representations of difference -media coverage of the US presidential campaign -explicit...
We're gearing up for this year's Media Literacy Week! This will be the 2nd Annual Media Literacy Week hosted by the National Association for Media Literacy Education from October 31 to November 4, 2016. For more details please visit: https://medialiteracyweek.us/ and...
I didn’t play with dolls much growing up. Even as a kid I was more likely to be gathering friends in my garage to act in my latest directorial creation than inventing storylines with plastic, motionless dolls. But, I’ve grown up to be someone deeply curious about the...
https://vimeo.com/121791514 Video games have moved from being categorized as simply a recreational activity, to include a wide range of creative, often educational and often money-making media platform. Gamification, the term for this movement, has deep implications...
The Center for Media and Information Literacy was established in 2011 at Temple University as a hub for research, outreach, education, and professional development on issues involving media literacy and information literacy locally, nationally, and internationally....
PBS programing informs and inspires through artistic content, documentaries, and non-commercialized news programs. Each program provides citizens with multiple perspectives on world events and cultures. Discovery Channel is the second most widely...
Overview of Information Literacy Resources Worldwide is a collection of media literacy resources from around the world. The material provided is translated in 42 language, administering lesson plans and tutorials to teachers and librarians around the...