Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations
Author | : Thomas W. Valente |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015033333090 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Download or read book Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations written by Thomas W. Valente and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a key to understanding how ideas, products and opinions take off and spread throughout society - referred to as the diffusion of innovation - and provides a means to estimate how fast or slow that spread occurs. The diffusion of innovations occurs among individuals in a social system, and the pattern of communications among these individuals is a social network. The network determines how quickly innovations diffuse and the timing of each individual's adoption. The book thus analyses how social networks structure the diffusion of innovation.