TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING

I. DEFINITION OF A TREND  TREND IS DEFINED IN VARIOUS WAYS: a. In the field of arts, fashion, and music, it is a prevailing style or preference such as realism movement in art, emergence of the miniskirt, and popularity of jazz music. b. In economics, it is a general movement registering statistical changes for a long period such as the increasing cost of living and rate of unemployment. c. In politics, it refers to a tendency, drift, or bend toward a certain stance, thought, or policy as wh...