Spatial Diffusion
Innovation
implies change to a culture that result from ideas created within the social group itself and adopted by the culture
Relocation Diffusion
innovation is carried to new areas by migrating individuals or populations
Hierarchical Diffusion
diffusion to large/important areas first, then lesser areas later
Contagious Diffusion
rapid, widespread contact diffusion; when adoption of an innovation spreads from an area that is practiced to a neighboring area
Expansion Diffusion
spread from one place to others after direct or indirect contact
Innovation "laggards"
the gap that may develop between a newly adopted technology and other, slower-paced social traits
Spatial Diffusion
the process of dispersion of an idea or an item from a center of origin to more distant points with which it is directly or indirectly connected