CMCI QUIZZES QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which of the following does Lambert call "natural subjects for storytelling"? Answer -
race, gender, class, sexual orientation
What does Lambert call practices that "provide media based mechanisms for people
who have felt excluded from the channels of economic and political access to share
their stories publicly"? Answer - culturally democratic practices
According to Lambert, what is "at the heart of effective journalism"? Answer -
emotional content
In the interview in Chapter 12, which of the following explanations does Amy Hill give
demonstrate the usefulness of Digital Storytelling as a reflective practice? Answer -
digital stories contain recording of real people rather than actors, which enables then
to better get through their audience
In the interview in Chapter 12, Yvonne Pratt discusses how she used a digital story
to shed light on what overlooked issue? Answer - Colonialism in Canada
What is the purpose of the Patient Voices program? Answer - To give unheard
voices a platform to share a breadth of experiences-health, life, death, and disease.
In her interview with Lamber, Yvonne Pratt said, Storytelling is a powerful way to --"
Answer - reunite people and to get people talking
Who said the following: "When I dehumanize you, I inexorably dehumanize myself.
The solitary human is a contradiction in terms and therefore..." Answer - Bishop
Desmond Tutu
What did Walt Jacobs tell Lambert the CDS model added to the classes he's taught
on story telling Answer - ground rules to maximize the effectiveness of story circles
What art form popularized by artists Munch and Van Gogh utilized subjectivity and
lines to convey emotion? Answer - Impression
Which of the following is an example of a symbol being used to render the invisible,
as McCloud discusses in chapter 5? Answer - a drawing of a pie on a window sill
with soft, wavy lines above
, According to Edward Tufte, what is one problem with the focus on knowing one's
audience? Answer - That one will underestimate the quality and interests of the
audience
What is the root goal of Tufte's efforts at design principles? Answer - To support
cognitive tasks
What does Tufte think lies as the core of Powerpoint presentations? Answer - power
and marketing
What are two feature of paper that Tufte appreciates? Answer - its permanence and
it portability
What goal does the effective display of evidence serve? Answer - the ability to reach
credible conclusions
When Lawrence Lessig speaks of RO culture, what does this acronym stand for?
Answer - Read Only
What cultural practice does Lessig continually link RW culture to? Answer - writing
As of 2012, how much data was Facebook collecting on a daily basis? Answer -
500TB
What year did Facebook release the Like button? Answer - 2009
Examining the metadata of someone's phone gives one access to the content of
messages. Answer - True
Using data, members of Reddit were able to identify the Boston Bomber and help
police bring him to justice. Answer - False
Using data, two political scientists were able to debunk the notion that the GOP
maintains their majority in the House exclusively because of gerrymandering.
Answer - True
In context of your reading, what is a mode? Answer - collective, emergent
phenomena that express the circulating energies of contemporary existence.
According to Cara Finnegan, "the study of images must remain grounded in the
materiality of their..." Answer - rhetorical circulation
For scholars like Henry Jenkins who conceive of "spreadable media," what function
shapes the rhetoric of consumers, producers, marketers, and political campaigns.
Answer - dissemination
From what biological concept do we get the word "meme"? Answer - a cultural
replicator that gets from human to human via imitation
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which of the following does Lambert call "natural subjects for storytelling"? Answer -
race, gender, class, sexual orientation
What does Lambert call practices that "provide media based mechanisms for people
who have felt excluded from the channels of economic and political access to share
their stories publicly"? Answer - culturally democratic practices
According to Lambert, what is "at the heart of effective journalism"? Answer -
emotional content
In the interview in Chapter 12, which of the following explanations does Amy Hill give
demonstrate the usefulness of Digital Storytelling as a reflective practice? Answer -
digital stories contain recording of real people rather than actors, which enables then
to better get through their audience
In the interview in Chapter 12, Yvonne Pratt discusses how she used a digital story
to shed light on what overlooked issue? Answer - Colonialism in Canada
What is the purpose of the Patient Voices program? Answer - To give unheard
voices a platform to share a breadth of experiences-health, life, death, and disease.
In her interview with Lamber, Yvonne Pratt said, Storytelling is a powerful way to --"
Answer - reunite people and to get people talking
Who said the following: "When I dehumanize you, I inexorably dehumanize myself.
The solitary human is a contradiction in terms and therefore..." Answer - Bishop
Desmond Tutu
What did Walt Jacobs tell Lambert the CDS model added to the classes he's taught
on story telling Answer - ground rules to maximize the effectiveness of story circles
What art form popularized by artists Munch and Van Gogh utilized subjectivity and
lines to convey emotion? Answer - Impression
Which of the following is an example of a symbol being used to render the invisible,
as McCloud discusses in chapter 5? Answer - a drawing of a pie on a window sill
with soft, wavy lines above
, According to Edward Tufte, what is one problem with the focus on knowing one's
audience? Answer - That one will underestimate the quality and interests of the
audience
What is the root goal of Tufte's efforts at design principles? Answer - To support
cognitive tasks
What does Tufte think lies as the core of Powerpoint presentations? Answer - power
and marketing
What are two feature of paper that Tufte appreciates? Answer - its permanence and
it portability
What goal does the effective display of evidence serve? Answer - the ability to reach
credible conclusions
When Lawrence Lessig speaks of RO culture, what does this acronym stand for?
Answer - Read Only
What cultural practice does Lessig continually link RW culture to? Answer - writing
As of 2012, how much data was Facebook collecting on a daily basis? Answer -
500TB
What year did Facebook release the Like button? Answer - 2009
Examining the metadata of someone's phone gives one access to the content of
messages. Answer - True
Using data, members of Reddit were able to identify the Boston Bomber and help
police bring him to justice. Answer - False
Using data, two political scientists were able to debunk the notion that the GOP
maintains their majority in the House exclusively because of gerrymandering.
Answer - True
In context of your reading, what is a mode? Answer - collective, emergent
phenomena that express the circulating energies of contemporary existence.
According to Cara Finnegan, "the study of images must remain grounded in the
materiality of their..." Answer - rhetorical circulation
For scholars like Henry Jenkins who conceive of "spreadable media," what function
shapes the rhetoric of consumers, producers, marketers, and political campaigns.
Answer - dissemination
From what biological concept do we get the word "meme"? Answer - a cultural
replicator that gets from human to human via imitation
