Video – The first story cafe
You can now watch a brief video on our recent Story Cafe, the first event of its kind at which attendees were able to explore the single stories that shaped their attitudes to the people
Upcoming Activities hosted at RMHC Learning Centre Qawra
Below are details of the events we will be organising in the coming months at the RMCH Centre in Qawra. PROJECT SMITE: MOVING BEYOND THE SINGLE STORY – COMBATING SOCIAL EXCLUSION THROUGH MEDIA LITERACY &
AMAM publishes review of SMITE launch event
The African Media Association Malta (AMAM) has published a review of the first event organised by SMITE. Titled 'Do Stereotypes have roots somewhere?', the article highlights the key points raised during a broad discussion which
AMAM publishes review of SMITE’s latest event
On 31 May, our third online event discussed 'Ethical Issues in Social Media and Blogging. A review of the event which looked at both the issues, in the context of creating and reinforcing single stories,
Debating ethical issues in social media and blogging
Join us and our distinguished panel speakers for an interesting discussion on ethical issues in Social Media and Blogging during which we will explore social media's potential to serve as a multivocal platform through which
Our next upcoming event: Stakeholder Roundtable, Thursday 12 May
As one of the key initiatives of this project the Stakeholder Roundtable plays an important role in the development of a framework that can serve as an underlying structure for policy makers across the most
First Online Panel Discussion officially launches SMITE project
The term ‘single story’ is not commonly used, and the dangers of the single-story created by perceptions and assumptions remain therefore often unaddressed. The first part of our virtual project launch and panel discussion
SMITE PROJECT LAUNCH IN APRIL
The SMITE (Stereotypes & Mass Information Together explored) project will launch in April 2022 with two online panel discussions, taking place on 7 April from 9.30am to 11.30am CET and 19 April from 2.00pm to
The Impact of Single or Incomplete Stories
In a world that values evidence-based information it is quite the wonder that stereotypes are still in existence. Stereotypes are broad generalisations about a group of people, most generalisations of which have surely not
TWO NGOS JOIN FORCES TO COMBAT SOCIAL EXCLUSION THROUGH MEDIA LITERACY
“Moving Beyond the Single Story: Combating Social Exclusion through Media Literacy”, a joint project designed by NWAMI International Malta and with the African Media Association being the Lead Applicant, has been awarded a €25,000
