The Rate of Technological Diffusion Among Locality Groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2206003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Milton Coughenour (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 325-339 |
| Publication date | 1964-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/223617 |
| OpenAlex | W2041405409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The rate of diffusion for single innovations has been found to vary among communities and other types of sociogeographic areas, but whether an area manifestes a characteristic rate of diffusion, and, if so, to what factors it may be related, has not been systematically investigated. Data obtained in personal interviews with farm operators in twelve Kentucky localities in 1950, 1955, and 1960 provide insight into these questions. It is found that the relative pace of diffusion among localities for each of five recommended farm practices is quite similar, indicating the existence of an underlying rate of diffusion for each locality. A measure of relative locality diffusion rate is foud to be most closely related to the median educational level of farmers, median level of contact with communication media, and an index for localities of the integration of communication structures. The locality mediam scale of farming and measures of attitudes toward scientific farming, family visiting, and social participation are less closely related to average diffusion rate
Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Cartography · Demographic economics · Diffusion · Economics · Geography · Index (typography) · Locality · Pace · Physics · Scale (ratio) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Computer Science · Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2026 (57) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |