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| The process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system. |
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| A process in which participants create and share information with one another in order to reach a mutual understanding. |
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| A difference in matter-energy that affects uncertainty in a situation where a choice exists among a set of alternatives. |
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| Name the main elements in the diffusion of new ideas |
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1.) and innovation exists
2.) innovation is communicated through channels
3.) over time
4.) among the members of a social system |
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| An idea, practice, or object perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption. |
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| A design for instrumental action that reduces the uncertainty in the cause-effect relationships involved in achieving a desired outcome. |
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| What is the difference between hardware and software? |
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| Hardware consists of a tool that embodies the technology as a material or physical object. Software consists of a knowledge base for a tool. |
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| The degree to which an innovation is changed or modified by a user in the process of its adoption and implementation. |
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| The means by which messages get from one individual to another. |
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| The degree to which two or more individuals who interact are different in certain attributes such as beliefs, education, social status, and the like. |
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| The degree to which two or more individuals who interact are similar in certain attributes. |
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| Describe the innovation decision making process. |
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| The process through which an individual (or other decision-making unit) passes from first knowledge of an innovation to forming an attitude toward the innovation, to a decision to adopt or reject, to implementation of the new idea. |
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