Social trends have been one of the main vehicles in shaping our world since the beginning of time. These trends are expressed in many different ways and the popular ones tend to have the most widespread and beneficial impacts in society. Social trends are not only beneficial but also crucial to the growth and development of society in that they inform and educate, promote new ideas, and bring about unity among diverse groups of people.
One great way that social trends impact society is that they provide educational opportunities for people of all ages. In the past decade or so, television programs for toddlers and young children have become widely popular. One of the most popular of those shows is Sesame Street which was created for poor rural …show more content…
With Sesame Street being one of the first shows of its kind, many television companies wanted to follow its example by creating more shows to provide an educational opportunity for children and their families. As stated in the Tipping Point, another popular children’s show, Blue’s Clues, was inspired by the success of Sesame Street. Both Blue’s Clues and Sesame Street really exemplify how educational television is beneficial to children’s learning. Television shows like these keep being created because of their creative ideas in education our youth. These include using sing-alongs in the episodes for children to learn and retain information in a clever and engaging way and utilizing call and response by asking questions to the viewers in order to enhance their information recall skills (Gladwell 120). This sort of format is now used in countless children’s television shows as an education and engagement tool. Another social trend that caused a major spark in creativity and new concepts of entertainment is the creation of YouTube. Initially, YouTube was created as a medium for users to post videos online and share those videos on blogs, but a small group of people saw this as an opportunity to do something extremely innovative. Shortly after its creation in 2006, YouTube became the breeding ground for online entertainment, news, music, and so much more. As more and more people started to view
One great way that social trends impact society is that they provide educational opportunities for people of all ages. In the past decade or so, television programs for toddlers and young children have become widely popular. One of the most popular of those shows is Sesame Street which was created for poor rural …show more content…
With Sesame Street being one of the first shows of its kind, many television companies wanted to follow its example by creating more shows to provide an educational opportunity for children and their families. As stated in the Tipping Point, another popular children’s show, Blue’s Clues, was inspired by the success of Sesame Street. Both Blue’s Clues and Sesame Street really exemplify how educational television is beneficial to children’s learning. Television shows like these keep being created because of their creative ideas in education our youth. These include using sing-alongs in the episodes for children to learn and retain information in a clever and engaging way and utilizing call and response by asking questions to the viewers in order to enhance their information recall skills (Gladwell 120). This sort of format is now used in countless children’s television shows as an education and engagement tool. Another social trend that caused a major spark in creativity and new concepts of entertainment is the creation of YouTube. Initially, YouTube was created as a medium for users to post videos online and share those videos on blogs, but a small group of people saw this as an opportunity to do something extremely innovative. Shortly after its creation in 2006, YouTube became the breeding ground for online entertainment, news, music, and so much more. As more and more people started to view