Inquiry project link sources: http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/fads-and-trends/ http://askville.amazon.com/creates-fad-makes-trend-crazy-fashion-productmarketing/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=6547952 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/08/magazine/the-culture-package.html?_r=0#/#item_01 http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/06/what-makes-something-go-viral-the-internet-according-togawkers-neetzan-zimmerman/ http://socialmediatoday.com/eric-haskell/2082851/anticipated-social-media-trends-2014 http://popcultural.wordpress.

com/2009/09/15/how-popular-things-become-popular/

4/1/14 5 key terms for inquiry project: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Popularity Trends Pop culture Medias role & impact Viral Fads

My inquiry research project consists of the understanding behind societys obsessions and the process of how and why they become that way. Social hierarchies are of interest to this research because they potentially contribute to the logic behind the evolvement of widespread fascinations of society.

Whos in my Parlor? Adam Sternbergh- author of Shovel Ready, culture editor in NY times magazine, and previous writer for several other newspapers Melissa Bautista is a research scientist, freelance editor, and writer, with a focus in Neuroscience. She believes in establishing solid foundations in education through experience, creativity, and collaboration. She is fascinated by pedagogy and the concept of learning through living. Neetzan Zimmerman- is a journalist known for focusing on "viral" internet content. He worked for Gawker from April 2012 through January 2014, when it was announced he would be leaving for a new start-up company

In media res (authors conversation) Sternbergh pop culture no longer comes in masses, everyone has an individual cultural cacoon, which has been enabled by the Internet Bautista fads attract attention, and can be understood by interviewing the subjects and asking how they have come in tact with technological advancements 4/8/14 Academic Sources: Popularity amongst Adolescents http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1083889?uid=3739776&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=2 1103965750663

Girl Culture http://ebooks.abcclio.com.librarylink.uncc.edu/reader.aspx?isbn=9780313084447&webSiteCode=EBOOKS_PROD&ret urnToPage=%2freader.aspx%3fisbn%3d9780313084447&id=GR3908663&token=BFA6A302F5D345666C881325A7CC7F90&casError=False

Trends Demi-things that are popular amongst a large group of people Austin-Following what other people are doing, wearing, or acting like Mason- things that people follow Logan-Something people follow like clothes shoes, etc. study habits

Step 1- Claiming Centrality (why choose this topic?)(Intro, backstory, etc.) Following the crowd is sometimes just hard to resist and it becomes almost a human instinct, but I feel that it is important for us to realize that it kind of turns into an automatic action. As an effect we tend to lose the individuality that makes us all different compared to the clone like methods we so obviously abide by in this day and age. So my question is if we are controlled by society and if the individuality of a person has been completely lost? But in order to answer that question I feel that several others come into play and become hard to ignore.

Citations: What was, is, and will be popular: The driving forces of pop culture (NY times article) Adam Sternberg Popular culture (Introductory perspectives) Marcel Danesi Popular culture: critical concepts in media and cultural studies edited by Chris Rojek