1. A video recording/playing device comprising: a memory that comprises a program information database that stores: an electronic program guide that includes program information about programs that are currently broadcasted or scheduled to be broadcasted, and recorded program information that includes program information about recorded programs; and a processor that: acquires, from the Internet, a trending word for which a search frequency is rising; retrieves from the program information database program information that includes the trending word; schedules a recording of a program having the program information that includes the trending word when the processor retrieves the program information that includes the trending word from the electronic program guide; and plays the program having the program information that includes the trending word when the processor retrieves the program information that includes the trending word from the recorded program information.