Bibliography on the Diffusion of Innovations

Abstract

National Project in Agricultural Communications(1956)~*** the North Central Rural Sociology Subcommittee for the st~ of Diffusion of Farm Practices (1956 and 1959)~ Ross (1958)~ and Lionberger (196o).None of these bibliographies included publications in all six of the m.a.in traditions on the diffusion of innovations.The present bibliography includes publications in each of the major diffusion traditions~ **** and is not limited solely to u.s.publications.A number of items are included from diffusion research studies by European social scientists who were visited by the present author in 1961.No claim is made, however 1 that the present bibliog .. raphy approaches a total listing of all diffusion publications available at the present time.ELEMENTS IN DIFFUSION There are four m.a.in elements in the a:na.lysis of the diffusion of an innovation.1.The innovation, defined as an idea perceived as new by the individua.l. 2. Communication of the innovation from one individual to an .. other.Diffusion is the process by which an innovation spreads.

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