Elements & Characteristics of A Trend: Errol P. Bayoneta
Elements & Characteristics of A Trend: Errol P. Bayoneta
Elements & Characteristics of A Trend: Errol P. Bayoneta
ERROL P. BAYONETA
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the learners
can:
1. point out the elements that make up
a trend (HUMSS_MCT12-Ia-b-4);
2. describe the different characteristics
of a trend (HUMSS_MCT12-Ia-b-5);
and
3. illustrate the elements and
characteristics of a trend through
symbols.
What makes a trend a trend? In the previous module, you
have learned the distinction between a fad and a trend. A
trend is a pattern of behavior demonstrated by a big
number of people within a particular period and that
which continuously grow and evolve overtime while a fad
is an intense but short-lived fashion. With this distinction,
we can therefore identify the elements which comprise a
trend. In this regard, Urgel (2017) enumerated the
following elements and characteristics of a trend:
Elements of a
Trend
Number of participants
Cause refers to the starting point of a trend which can be an idea, a technology, an event
or a person. All trends have beginnings and someone or somebody definitely started it.
The question here is, how did it start? Now, this becomes quite obvious as all material
elements of a culture started with one’s ideas, therefore, it is also conclusive that one
starting point of a trend was an idea. Someone or somebody thought about it in the first
place. Let us go back to the evolution of telephone mentioned above. If you will try to
think about it, it was Alexander Graham Bell who first invented and engineered the very
first telephone back in 1876 (https://www.britannica.com).
What do you think prompted him to such an endeavor? Well, if you guessed that it
began with an idea of bridging the gap of a long – distance relations though live
voice communication then you must be right. So, besides the snail mails which
were already prevalent those times, people had another option – the telephone.
Fast forward a bit, back in the late 1990’s, these messages through mails or letters
evolved and entered the digital world through beepers while telephones also
evolved into cellular mobile phones. At present, all those separate features plus
some more were combined into the devices we presently called “smartphones.”
Believe it or not, all of these were one’s ideas which eventually turned into a reality.
Consequence
Smartphone Apps/Games Varying Smartphone Smartphones which are Internet or the World
which are dependent on brands (iPhones vs. dependent on the internet. Wide Web which may
Example/s the capabilities of a android phones) Smartphones are widely used be considered as the
smartphone (these Battle for popularity by almost all people in the soul of almost all
apps/games oftentimes lose of these world. technology.
their popularity overtime). smartphones
Besides the above example, trends can also refer to movements,
ideologies, concepts, beliefs, and more. The important thing in
studying trends is to observe them closely for subtle and sudden
shifts that ultimately affect people, cultures, and societies in general.
In the next module, you will be provided with a more in-depth study
of the characteristics/ hierarchy of trends.
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