Defining, Finding, & Exploring Trends
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1. The document provides guidance on defining, finding, and exploring trends. It defines a trend as a general tendency, current style or vogue, or general direction of something. 2. It recommends searching news sources, social media, and radio to find ideas for trends, noting to pay attention to authorship and bias. 3. The document explores the trend of "Twitter and social unrest and protest," searching news outlets like Buzzfeed, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe, as well as social media platforms like Twitter and radio sources like NPR.
Defining, Finding, & Exploring Trends
- 1. DEFINING, FINDING, & EXPLORING TRENDS A Guide By Emily Brown
- 2. WHAT IS ATREND? According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language a trend is: 1. A general tendency or course of events: a warming trend. 2. Current style; vogue: the latest trend in fashion. 3. The general direction of something: the river's southern trend. intr.v. trend•ed, trend•ing, trends Trend. (2011). In The American Heritage dictionary of the English language. Retrieved from http://bristolcc.edu:2048/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.credoreference.com%2Fcontent%2Fen try%2Fhmdictenglang%2Ftrend%2F0
- 3. FINDING IDEAS FORTRENDS The News Reporters are often in tune with what’s happening in popular culture. Checking out news sources would be a good place to start. Social Media What are people talking about? Search social media outlets for key terms and ideas for trends. Radio Reporting on the radio is just as up-to- date as newspaper reporting. Check out NPR or other radio stations to see what trends might be being discussed.
- 4. AWORD OF CAUTION When using the internet to investigate trends, you need to pay attention to authorship. Who is writing the story? Is there bias? Why does the story exist? You are investigating if your trend is being discussed. See if your trend exists. Quote the experts, not the talking heads.
- 5. TWITTER AND SOCIAL UNREST AND PROTEST This is the trend I will be exploring through news outlets, social media, and radio sources.
- 6. THE NEWS Finding trends using news outlets.
- 7. BUZZFEED Search Buzzfeed to see if your trend is being discussed. http://www.buzzfeed.com/sear ch Use the search bar to explore your trend on buzzfeed.
- 8. NEWYORKTIMES Search the NewYorkTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/ Remember, you have free access to older issues of the NewYorkTimes through BCC Libraries.
- 9. THE BOSTON GLOBE Search the Boston Globe: http://www.bostonglobe.com/ Remember, you have free access to older issues of the Boston Globe through BCC Libraries.
- 10. SOCIAL MEDIA Search Social Media outlets for ideas on trends. Remember, though, authorship is very important to investigate when using social media.
- 11. TWITTER SearchTwitter: https://twitter.com/search-advanced Remember to be cautious of authorship and authority. Of course you have to be extremely careful when searching social media platforms. Since many legitimate news organizations useTwitter you may find credible stories. One of the links I found was to a map of tweets mentioning Ferguson compiled by the Daily Mail, a UK newspaper.
- 12. RADIO News reporting also happens on the radio. Checking a news radio stations website might lead to informative stories about your trend. As with any news outlet, be wary of bias.
- 13. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Search NPR: http://www.npr.org/ The search box is on the upper right hand corner. When I searched NPR I found stories about twitter and protests from both 2014 and 2011.
- 14. CONCLUSION Thus concludes our exploration of news sources and social media for articles on trends.