Lesson 1 Fads vs. Trends.pptx

Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century

1. Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century

2. What I Need to Know Fads and trends emerge everywhere. They occur in any given time and context. How do they differ? How do they impact life?

3. The interplay between fads and trends issues a number of challenges in the 21st century. It is imperative to gain a keen analysis on this.

4. At the end of this Lesson, you should be able to: differentiate a trend from a fad (HUMSS_MCT12-Ia-b-3); give examples of a trend and a fad; and explain the process on how to spot a trend (HUMSS_MCT12-Ia-b-2).

5. LESSON 1: Fads vs. Trends The 21st century is a deluge of overwhelming demands from a digital society; hence, enormous trends have emerged. Global trends have been increasingly given attention and anchored to socio-cultural, economic, and political dimensions. Unconsciously, individuals like you do not realize that they have been into certain trends.

6. TRENDS something that covers almost all of human activities such as but not limited to politics, beliefs, economics, lifestyle, social life and the like whether the individuals or groups of people are aware of it or not. It is defined in various ways depending on the orientation of these individuals or groups.

7. In the fields of arts fashion and music for example, it is a prevailing style or preference such as realism movement in art, emergence of the miniskirt, and popularity of certain genre of music like jazz, classical and rock.

8. In the sphere of economics trends may come as a general movement registering statistical changes for a long period such as the increasing cost of living and rate of unemployment.

9. In politics trends refer to a tendency, drift, or bend toward a certain stance, thought, or policy as when democratic Southeast Asian countries favored authoritarian governments at a certain point in their histories.

10. Other areas also exhibit prevailing preference such as in sports (wearable devices that monitor training performance), food (rise of oatmeal products, inclusion of moringa or malunggay in food products), medicine (stem cell treatment), cosmetics (whitening supplements), travel (paperless tickets and online check-in), manufacturing (3-D printing), environmental management (home solar electric system).

11. To sum up, Trend is a pattern of behavior demonstrated by a big number of people within a particular period.

12. Some examples of trend: gadgets teleserye social networking sites social advocacies drone technology denim jeans business process outsourcing online ticketing cashless transactions

13. Spotting a Trend Trend setter a person who starts a trend.

14. The individual’s act or the event has attracted attention, earned acceptance, and created strong interest and influence on people whose number keeps increasing as days go by.

15. It demonstrates an accelerated spread among various sectors and areas and creates a deep and wide scope of influence on people, sectors, and the environment. It leads to change. ( Urgel , 2017)

16. Futurist one who studies and predicts the future, especially based on current trends. Rehn and Lindkvist (2013) Trend spotting refers to the study of trends and the way they develop and affect society.

17. Cool Hunting a hunt for those things that will become popular before they are popular. Trend analysis based on trendspotting but it extends this into developing future scenarios and so they say that to follow a trend, one must not only be conscious of what is currently happening but be wise enough to predict the future. ( Urgel , 2017)

18. FAD Trending ngayon sa YouTube ang… Trending sa Twitter ang… Trending ngayon sa Facebook ang… You might get confused at these headlines from the News and ask, “how can these be considered as trends based on the above discussion?” This part now discusses fads and how it differs from trends.

19. Fad something, such as an interest or fashion, that is very popular for a short time (Merriam– Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary). a product that has little, if any, utility but is characterized by a quick rise in sales and popularity followed by a quick decline in sales and popularity.

20. Fad an intense but short-lived fashion. It is a widely– shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived. It is a temporary fashion, a craze, interest, or activity that people follow enthusiastically, but lasts for a short period of time.

21. Now, if we will look back at the first paragraph above, you will now see that those things which are advertised as “trending” in YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or any popular social media platforms are not actually trends but are merely fads.

22. Here are some classic examples of fad.

23. Difference Between Fad and Trends Trends Fads Have a much longer lifespan than fads. Have the potential to be long-term influences on the market. They can continue to be fashionable for years and even decades. Have the potential to be long-term influencers on the market. Often involve altered classics. Short-lived Last for a total of one season, but they can also last less than a month. Novelty driven fashion choices. Often referred to as “catching on” with the larger population, but will often fade as quickly as it appeared. It fades. Although engaging on it can be fun, they are often not worth investing a large amount of money or time.

24. Difference Between Fad and Trends

25. Gadgets

26. Social Networking Sites

27. ALDUB ( Kalyeserye )

28. Loombands

29. Denim Jeans

30. Activity 1: 100-Word Essay In a yellow sheet of paper. Choose one (1) from any of these lines and give your opinion. Your Essay should be 100 words above. Which Fad or Trend Shall I Accept or Reject? How Do I Accept or Reject a Trend?

31. Essay Rubric Traits Points Focus & Details 30 Organization 10 Word Choice 10 TOTAL 50