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  2. Diffusion of innovations - Wikipedia

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    The theory was popularized by Everett Rogers in his book Diffusion of Innovations, first published in 1962. [1] Rogers argues that diffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the participants in a social system. The origins of the diffusion of innovations theory are varied and span ...

  3. Everett Rogers - Wikipedia

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    Everett M. "Ev" Rogers (March 6, 1931 – October 21, 2004) was an American communication theorist and sociologist, who originated the diffusion of innovations theory and introduced the term early adopter. [citation needed] He was distinguished professor emeritus in the department of communication and journalism at the University of New Mexico ...

  4. Christianization of the Roman Empire as diffusion of innovation

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    Christianization of the Roman Empire as diffusion of innovation looks at religious change in the Roman Empire's first three centuries through the lens of diffusion of innovations, a sociological theory popularized by Everett Rogers in 1962. Diffusion of innovation is a process of communication that takes place over time, among those within a ...

  5. Sociological theory of diffusion - Wikipedia

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    The theory of diffusion of innovations differs from other theories about the processes of change since most changes are improvements, or "reinventions", of a previously existing product or technique. These changes are generally favorably perceived by the members of the group because they usually are more in line with the values and needs of the ...

  6. Technology adoption life cycle - Wikipedia

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    Rogers ' bell curve The technology adoption lifecycle is a sociological model that describes the adoption or acceptance of a new product or innovation, according to the demographic and psychological characteristics of defined adopter groups.

  7. Crossing the Chasm - Wikipedia

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    Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers or simply Crossing the Chasm (1991, revised 1999 and 2014), is a marketing book by Geoffrey A. Moore that examines the market dynamics faced by innovative new products, with a particular focus on the "chasm" or adoption gap that lies between early and mainstream markets.

  8. Critical mass (sociodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    The principle behind the strategy is that at each time Facebook enlarged the size of the community, the saturation never drops below the critical mass, reaching the desired diffusion effect discussed in Rogers' Diffusion of innovations. [26] Facebook promoted the innovation to groups that were likely to adopt en masse.

  9. Bass diffusion model - Wikipedia

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    The Bass diffusion model is derived by assuming that the hazard rate for the uptake of a product or service may be defined as: = () = + [()] where () is the probability density function and () = is the survival function, with () being the cumulative distribution function.