A Trend
Corey Feldman (1971) is quoted saying, “you have to stay updated on trends, social things and pop culture, you need to stay with the times and keep evolving.” Feldman’s statement speaks to the countless trends we see in our society and how society is influenced by these trends. The business and science world, define a trend as a pattern, gradual change, an average, or general tendency to move in a certain direction. (Businessdictionary.com, 2016) In the social sciences, a trend is determined when an activity is participated in by a society as a whole for a long or short period. (Reference.com, 2016) Trends can have many varying meaning across a wide spectrum of fields. In the field of technology, a trend can be as meaningless as a silly cat on social media, or as interesting as a surprise announcement of a new groundbreaking technology. …show more content…
The affects of technology have not bypassed the trends we see today. Moore’s Law suggests that technology becomes twice as faster every eighteen months. (Schaller, 1997) The advancement of technology has increased the speed in which our computers process data along with the speed in which the trends around us develop and end. Within our society, the advancement of the Internet and social media has provided connection and access to a greater number of people than ever before. For many Americans, social media increasingly consume a high percentage of the day and affect a majority of news and information received. (Sweney, 2016) Facebook and Twitter are two giant social media platforms that have led the charge of social media and shortened trends. These two giants on a daily basis have dozens of trending topics that attracted millions of visitors to their sites. However, although millions of people are attracted to the sites’ trending tweet or post, the trend is likely to last less than a day or two. This increased attraction and shortened lifespan of social A
Corey Feldman (1971) is quoted saying, “you have to stay updated on trends, social things and pop culture, you need to stay with the times and keep evolving.” Feldman’s statement speaks to the countless trends we see in our society and how society is influenced by these trends. The business and science world, define a trend as a pattern, gradual change, an average, or general tendency to move in a certain direction. (Businessdictionary.com, 2016) In the social sciences, a trend is determined when an activity is participated in by a society as a whole for a long or short period. (Reference.com, 2016) Trends can have many varying meaning across a wide spectrum of fields. In the field of technology, a trend can be as meaningless as a silly cat on social media, or as interesting as a surprise announcement of a new groundbreaking technology. …show more content…
The affects of technology have not bypassed the trends we see today. Moore’s Law suggests that technology becomes twice as faster every eighteen months. (Schaller, 1997) The advancement of technology has increased the speed in which our computers process data along with the speed in which the trends around us develop and end. Within our society, the advancement of the Internet and social media has provided connection and access to a greater number of people than ever before. For many Americans, social media increasingly consume a high percentage of the day and affect a majority of news and information received. (Sweney, 2016) Facebook and Twitter are two giant social media platforms that have led the charge of social media and shortened trends. These two giants on a daily basis have dozens of trending topics that attracted millions of visitors to their sites. However, although millions of people are attracted to the sites’ trending tweet or post, the trend is likely to last less than a day or two. This increased attraction and shortened lifespan of social A