Use of Digital Content in Classrooms

Sherri Hope Culver and guests on the set of Media Inside Out

Trends in media aren’t just happening in our living rooms and on our mobile devices, they’re happening in classrooms too.…

Fan Fiction

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This episode of Media Inside Out examines the growing popularity of fanfiction, a particularly intense example of how media can take on a life of its own after its release.…

Gamification

Tetris

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.…

Media & Representation of Space

Media & Representation of Space

Media Inside Out host Sherri Hope Culver ponders why sci-fi films portray the universe as a hostile place with Osei Alleyne, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania; Barry Vacker, Associate Professor at Temple University; and Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer of The Franklin Institute.…

Libraries in the 21st Century

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When was the last time you visited the library to borrow a book?…

Political Campaign Advertising

Host Sherri Hope Culver looks in-depth at how the media’s involvement affected the 2014 Midterm Election’s outcome.…

Net Neutrality

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Temple Strategic Communications senior Jessica Sidhu, who has started a student group that organizes events and discussions on net neutrality, and lifelong media activist and Director of the Media Mobilizing Project, Hannah Sassaman, joins host Sherri Hope Culver to explain the issues behind net neutrality and why you should care.…

Children’s Media

The Children's Media Conference

Professor Sherri Hope Culver covers the Children’s Media Conference, which brings together delegates from TV, interactive media, games, licensing, toys, radio, book and magazine publishing, and the arts and culture sector to share ideas, best practices and inspiration on how to make better media content for kids.  

Women in the Media

Media Inside Out analyzes the distressing lack of women in film and the media, both as the characters depicted and as creators and producers.…