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Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in The 21 Century Culture

This document discusses trends, networks, and critical thinking in 21st century culture. It defines the elements and characteristics of trends, including that they have a long timeframe and influence on society. Trends can be analyzed by identifying emerging patterns through documentation, archiving, analysis, and presentation. Examples are given of microtrends, macrotrends, megatrends and gigatrends. The relationship between causes and consequences of trends is examined, using Beatlemania as an example trend caused by the Beatles that had wide-reaching effects on music, fashion, and culture.

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Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in The 21 Century Culture

This document discusses trends, networks, and critical thinking in 21st century culture. It defines the elements and characteristics of trends, including that they have a long timeframe and influence on society. Trends can be analyzed by identifying emerging patterns through documentation, archiving, analysis, and presentation. Examples are given of microtrends, macrotrends, megatrends and gigatrends. The relationship between causes and consequences of trends is examined, using Beatlemania as an example trend caused by the Beatles that had wide-reaching effects on music, fashion, and culture.

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QUEZON MEMORIAL ACADEMY

Progreso St. Poblacion West Umingan, Pangasinan

Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the


21st Century Culture
Week 2- Second Semester

I. Title: Trends, Networks, and Societies


II. Objectives:
After going through this module, students are expected to:
A. point out the elements that make up a trend;
B. describe the different characteristics of a trend;
C. identify emerging patterns; and
D. discover relationships between causes and consequences.

III. Anticipatory Guide:


This module discusses the elements of a trend, characteristic of a trend which also focuses on identifying
emerging patterns and the relationship between causes and consequences.

IV. Lesson Content:


 Elements of a Trend
The following are elements or components of a trend:
1. Number of participants- a trend may be started by an individual but the number of people who follows it
becomes a bigger as time goes by.
2. Pattern of behavior- a trend is formed from repetitive actions of people. For example, the simple act of taking
a selfie has now become a cultural trend.
3. Long period of time- a trend has a long time frame, sometimes running for decades. A trend may experience
some ups and downs in popularity, may fade away, and may recur.
4. Cause- a trend has a starting point which can be an idea, technology, event, or person.
5. Consequence- a trend makes considerable influence or impact.

 Characteristics of Trends
Trends are difficult to study and analyze. Studying them is like predicting the future and determining what changes
may possibly last and thus have wide effects on society and the people.
Rehn and Lindkvist (2013) mention of a so called hierarchy of trends, which explains why trends seem to have
varying reach, effects, and influence of people. This hierarchy is a representation of the scale of the development
of a trend.
 Microtrends are little things that happen all around us all the time, the tiny shifts that occur in everything from
clothes we wear and the snacks we eat to the work, play, and love.
 Macrotrends on the other hand, are “aggregated microtrends or more sweeping changes that are affecting
society.
 Megatrends are macrotrends that have grown up and moved out. They are big and bold, and affect the lives of
great swathes of the human race.
 Gigatrends are trends that are so general that they affect most areas of human life-or at least, more than one
aspect of life or more than one industry.

 Identifying Emerging Patterns


A pattern is a design, shape, form or configuration that emerges from repetitious appearance of lines, curves, and
behavior. In the study of trends, repetitive behavior that gives rise to an emerging pattern is the main interest.
1. Documentation- this means being able to record your observations which you consider related to any trend. The
primary tools for documentation, however simple, are notebook and pen.
2. Archive or Memory- This means being able to retrieve any documentation you have kept. Nowadays, the most
space-saving way of archiving is turning the physical into digital.
3. Analysis- This is the stage where examination and combination happens. Looking for patterns on prospective
trends can be achieved through these method: brainstorming, grouping, and crafting combinations.
4. Presentation- this is representing your findings for easy understanding as a way of analysis. You can represent
your findings through, among others, a mood board and a storyboard.
Mood board- is a collage of images, texts, and object samples. This is to capture your intuition and stimulate
creative discussions about trends.
Story board- it presents a narrative of possible scenarios. It functions to connect trends to a timeline and to
different contexts, something that can enable you and others to see interesting new things.
A slideshow is also another option. In presentation, you do not merely present your ideas but use it as an analytical
technique. Sometimes, new trends are labeled with new names or terms in the hope of popularizing a
phenomenon.

DIFFERENTIATING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

A cause refers to an agent that brings about a result or a consequence. A consequence is always traceable to a cause which can
be a person, thing, principle, motive, act, or event. There is no cause without a consequence and vice versa.
EXAMPLES:
The Beatlemania trend in the 1960s was caused by the Beatles, a British singing quartet who earned the adulation of
millions of fans around the world. The group heavily influenced the pop culture landscape by changing the face of the music
industry and creating new fashion and hairstyle. They were also considered gender – benders as their songs empowered
feminism and their demeanor veered away from machismo, leading to a changed view of masculinity. The Beatlemania
introduced the tight pants, androgynous and colorful clothes, and mop – top hairdo among the youth. It also brought in a surge
in fandom never seen before. Teenage girls were relentlessly screaming throughout the band’s live performances. This
behavior is still evident in fan crazes of subsequent male pop groups.
So, Beatlemania was, of course, caused by the rise of the Beatles to the top of the pop music scene. The effect of
Beatlemania was not only limited to Bretain and the U.S. but it spread to the rest of the world.
V. Activity
1. What or who generates a trend? Who are involved in creating a trend?
2. Why is time important in a trend?
3. Make a visual presentation using graphics and images explaining something that becomes a trend.

VI. ASSIGNMENT
Explain strategic analysis and give examples.

Prepared by:

LORIELE P. LANTION

Subject Teacher

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