Graduate Speaker Series

Wednesday, November 8

Annenberg Hall, Room 1H MindLab

1 - 1:50 p.m.

About the lecture

The children’s media industry has grown exponentially with the expansion of the internet, social media and streaming services, as seen in the offerings of all the top streaming platforms: Netflix Kids, YouTube Kids,  Hulu Kids, Amazon Kids, Discovery Kids and more. Platforms such as TikTok, Twitch and Roblox recognize children and youth as the core of their audience. During the past year, Professor Hope Culver interviewed over 50 producers, writers, CEOs, development executives and programming executives leading the children’s media industry in Brazil, England, Australia and the United States. Combining their advice, she developed guidelines for the field when aiming to create quality media content for children and youth.  

About the author

Sherri Hope Culver is director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple University and is an associate professor at Klein College of Media and Communication. Sherri served as vice-chair of the UNESCO-led Global Media and Information Literacy Alliance international steering committee and regularly presents internationally on media literacy and children’s media topics. She has worked on projects for Google Kids & Family, PBS Kids, Facebook, Prix Jeunesse, National Association for Media Literacy Education, Philadelphia Inquirer, Maryland Public Television and Thessaloniki Summer Media Academy. Publications include a chapter in 20 Questions about Youth and the Media (2nd ed) and co-author of the State of Media Literacy in the US report.  Sherri produces and hosts the podcast Kids Talk Media. She is a Fulbright Global Scholar for 2022-2023.