"Homophily is the degree to which a pair of individuals who communicate are similar. Heterophily is the degree to which pairs of individuals who interact are different in certain attributes. Ultimately, the diffusion process can occur only through communication links that are at least somewhat hetero"
"Mass media channels are all those means of transmitting messages that involve a mass medium, such as radio, television, newspapers, and so on, which enable a source of one or a few individuals to reach an audience of many. On the other hand, interpersonal channels are more effective in persuading an"
"The results of various diffusion investigations show that most individuals do not evaluate an innovation on the basis of scientific studies of its consequences, although such objective evaluations are not entirely irrelevant, especially to the very first individuals who adopt. Instead, most people d"
"To the extent that the units in a social system are not all identical in their behavior, structure then exists within the system. We define structure as the patterned arrangements of the units in a system. This structure gives regularity and stability to human behavior in a social system; it allows "
"In any system, naturally, there may be both innovative opinion leaders and also leaders who oppose change. These influential persons can lead in the promotion of new ideas, or they can head an active opposition. In general, when opinion leaders are compared with their followers, we find that they (1"
"Diffusion research began before the academic field of communication research got underway. A focus on human communication as a scientific field of study was not fully appreciated until an influential book, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, was published by Claude E. Shannon and Warren Weaver"
"Diffusion is the process in which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system. It is a special type of communication, in that the messages are concerned with new ideas. Communication is a process in which participants create and share informa"
"Diffusion is a special type of communication in which the messages are about a new idea. This newness of the idea in the message content gives diffusion its special character. The newness means that some degree of uncertainty is involved in diffusion. Uncertainty is the degree to which a number of a"