The Age of the Selfie
Pics or it Didn't Happen
Vocabulary
Comprehension Questions
Final Jeopardy
100

The type of phone was Ellen using to take the selfie at the 86th Academy Awards. (Brand and Model)

What is a Samsung Note 3?

100

According to the article: Selfies are the equalizers between celebrities and ordinary people. True or False?

True.

100

To keep going...spread.

What is perpetuate?

100

This was Ellen's motivation for taking the Oscars selfie:

She wanted to create the most popular selfie of all time.

200

The person whose record was broken on Twitter by Ellen's famous photo.

Who is President Obama?

200

How are photo albums of 10 years ago different than today?

Today's album is likely to include many selfies.

200

The art of creating anew...

What is recreation?

200

She joked with Ellen that they were going to break the Twitter.

Who is Jennifer Lawrence?

300

Who actually "snapped" the photo?

Who is Bradley Cooper?

300

The definition of a selfie is...

A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media.

300

From the Latin Aequalis; meaning uniform...

Equalizer

300

This is how Narcissus died.

He fell into water while trying to embrace his reflection.

400

This is the reason "selfie"  was declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2013. Please provide textual evidence.

What is "it had increased in popularity by 17,000% between 2012 and 2013."

400

Describe a self-portrait. use textual evidence.

A traditional portrait is to capture and enduring quality about the subject.

400
An observable occurrence...

What is Phenomenon

400

What the Pew Research Center determined about teens.

What is "91% of teen have posted photos of themselves online"?

500

The person who was NOT in the picture: Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Ellen DeGeneres, Winnie Cooper, Angelina Jolie.

Who is Winnie Cooper?

500

Gillian Young equates selfies with what message?

"The selfie is a means of communication like emails or phone calls..."

500

The quality of being genuine.

What is authenticity?

500

The amount of time Twitter crashed on Oscar night.

What is 20 Minutes?

500

This was the amount of dollar value marketing experts estimate Ellen's Selfie was worth...

What is $800 Million to $1 Billion Dollars.

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