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Understanding Trends in 21st Century Culture

The document discusses the definition, characteristics, and elements of trends in the 21st-century culture, highlighting their impact on people's lives. It outlines five distinct characteristics of trends, such as duration, acceptability, cultural roots, transitory changes, and versatility, along with the elements that define a trend. Additionally, it categorizes trends into megatrends, macrotrends, and microtrends, and touches on the concept of fads in relation to social media and popular activities.

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Understanding Trends in 21st Century Culture

The document discusses the definition, characteristics, and elements of trends in the 21st-century culture, highlighting their impact on people's lives. It outlines five distinct characteristics of trends, such as duration, acceptability, cultural roots, transitory changes, and versatility, along with the elements that define a trend. Additionally, it categorizes trends into megatrends, macrotrends, and microtrends, and touches on the concept of fads in relation to social media and popular activities.

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Rizia Victoria P.

Paras
12-Voltaire
Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century Culture

Lesson 1.1: Definition, Characteristics and Elements of a Trend


 How do trends affect people’s lives?
It is a continuous patter of change that occurs in either a condition, a process, or an output.
eg. Wearing facemasks during the pandemic, Preserving food, Bar soap.
Changes in the Transporation System as a Trend:
 KALESA>JEEPNEY>TRANSPORT NETWORKVEHICLES
A TREND EXHIBITS THESE FIVE DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS:
 Duration of Time prevails for a considerable period of time or is not “short-lived”.
 Example; new year as a trend celebrated for centuries.
 Acceptability accepted and embraced by a good number of people or a majority.
 Example; new year as a trend embraced by people around the world.
 Cultural Roots based on traditions, system of belief, and accepted values in a society.
 Example; new year as a trend considered as a tradition by many.
 Transitory increase or decrease may experience a rise or decline in its popularity and
level of acceptance.
 Example; new year as a trend increased steadily in terms of the ways of celebrating it
 Versatility flexible or open to changes and adjustments to continually suit the needs of the
people.
 Example; new year as a trend format varies from simple family gatherings to national
organized celebrations and exhibitions.
ELEMENTS OF A TREND:
 Basic Need fulfill an essential human need.
 Driver of Change refers to the way an emerging trend bends, modifies, or replaces an existing
one.
 Innovation geared towards the improvement of an old trend.
THREE TYPES OF TRENDS:
Megatrends
 They originated a long time ago but continue to exist and influence people in the present times.
 Example of a megatrend is a climate change.
Macrotrends
 These are focused only on a specific component or part of a prevailing megatrend.
 E-sports is an example of a macrotrend.
Microtrends
 Its scope is only limited to specific people, locations, or conditions.
 One of the well-known social media platforms was initially only intended for the use of students
inside the university where it was founded.
Lesson 1.3: Recognizing Fads

“In social media the word trending is used to describe popular activities, events of personalities.”
Many people nowadays participate in trending challenged

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