This module discusses trends and fads in society. It aims to help students develop skills to critically evaluate emerging changes and choose the best options. A trend is defined as a phenomenon that lasts a long time and influences future generations, while a fad is a short-lived interest or fashion. The key differences are that trends have a long lifespan and rise slowly in popularity, while fads emerge and disappear quickly and gain popularity rapidly. Students are given tasks to identify current trends in their community, and determine if past technologies like Friendster were trends or fads compared to platforms like Facebook.
This module discusses trends and fads in society. It aims to help students develop skills to critically evaluate emerging changes and choose the best options. A trend is defined as a phenomenon that lasts a long time and influences future generations, while a fad is a short-lived interest or fashion. The key differences are that trends have a long lifespan and rise slowly in popularity, while fads emerge and disappear quickly and gain popularity rapidly. Students are given tasks to identify current trends in their community, and determine if past technologies like Friendster were trends or fads compared to platforms like Facebook.
This module discusses trends and fads in society. It aims to help students develop skills to critically evaluate emerging changes and choose the best options. A trend is defined as a phenomenon that lasts a long time and influences future generations, while a fad is a short-lived interest or fashion. The key differences are that trends have a long lifespan and rise slowly in popularity, while fads emerge and disappear quickly and gain popularity rapidly. Students are given tasks to identify current trends in their community, and determine if past technologies like Friendster were trends or fads compared to platforms like Facebook.
This module discusses trends and fads in society. It aims to help students develop skills to critically evaluate emerging changes and choose the best options. A trend is defined as a phenomenon that lasts a long time and influences future generations, while a fad is a short-lived interest or fashion. The key differences are that trends have a long lifespan and rise slowly in popularity, while fads emerge and disappear quickly and gain popularity rapidly. Students are given tasks to identify current trends in their community, and determine if past technologies like Friendster were trends or fads compared to platforms like Facebook.
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ORKSA 21S NT E W E CEN NDS, T URY TR T E This module, Trend and Fad will help you become updated and aware of the changes that emerge in our society today. It is here to help you master the Trend and Fad. The scope of this module provides you an avenue to develop your skill in choosing the best things for you. There are so many possibilities that will arise but it depends on how you accept and embrace it or maybe reject it. Moreover, it will guide you to think critically on how to value and prefer best options from the fast growing changes in our society. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Define a trend and a fad; and 2. Distinguishes a trend from fad. • Is there something new to you today?
• What do you think is the difference before
and now? Try to think of the following: people’s lifestyle; grooming, fashion, food, mannerism, and point of views. Directions: Give your statement about the following items. Write your statement on a separate sheet of paper. What is Trend? Trend is an emerging phenomenon that last for a long period of time and transmit existing ventures to the future generations. Trend Analysis Is an examination of these phenomenon and speculations on the likely impact they will have in the future. Any given phenomenon and prediction which likely to happen or any craze/fad or trend that would likely emerge needs to be examined. a.Trends are composed of wide variety of information from an existing fields of complex ideas. b.Trends use overwhelming recognition and pattern identification to create presages in knowing the future. c.Trends evolution are being evaluated and observed by the use of timeframes. TRENDING Is a phenomenal scenario that is currently popular to the eyes and taste of the many. It allows preemptive judgments and reactions up to future events. It is something that people follows either in social media or in fashion. Trends are considered as “complex fusion” of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. What is Fad? Is a very popular form of interest or fashion that only exist for a short span of time. Fad is an exquisite societal pattern but did not last longer. It spreads widely and effectively to the demands of every individual. Moreover, it is a temporary form of fashion, interest, or any crazing activity that people become enthusiastic. DIFFERENCE OF TREND FROM FAD Trends and fads are actually existing in their respective phenomena that will last depending on the performance of the people who follows the trends and fads. During this scenario a trend will become a fad and this make a difference between the two. Trends are: a. Long life span b. A style for longer years c.Rising slow in popularity Fads are: d. Short life span e. Emerge and go quickly Task: Make a Venn Diagram showing the similarities and differences of TREND and FAD DIFFERENCE OF TREND FROM FAD Trends and fads are actually existing in their respective phenomena that will last depending on the performance of the people who follows the trends and fads. During this scenario a trend will become a fad and this make a difference between the two. Trends are: a. Long life span b. A style for longer years c. Rising slow in popularity Fads are: a. Short life span b. Emerge and go quickly c. Rising quickly in popularity GUIDE QUESTIONS: Direction: Read the questions carefully and answer on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Observe your community, what do you think is trending today? Why do you say so? 2. If people embraces latest trends and ignore that tomorrow, do “Today is Friendster and tomorrow is Facebook.” Is Friendster a trend today or is it a fad? How about Facebook? THANK YOU!