Now in its fifth edition, Diffusion of Innovations is a classic work on the spread of new ideas. It has sold 30,000 copies in each edition and will continue to reach a huge academic audience. In this renowned book, Everett M. Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico, explains how new ideas spread via communication channels over time. Such innovations are initially perceived as uncertain and even risky. To overcome this uncertainty, most people seek out others like themselves who have already adopted the new idea. Thus the diffusion process consists of a few individuals who first adopt an innovation, then spread the word among their circle of acquaintances--a process which typically takes months or years. But there are exceptions: use of the Internet in the 1990s, for example, may have spread more rapidly than any other innovation in the history of humankind. Furthermore, the Internet is changing the very nature of diffusion by decreasing the importance of physical distance between people. The fifth edition addresses the spread of the Internet, and how it has transformed the way human beings communicate and adopt new ideas.
E.M.罗杰斯（Everett M. Rogers），全球知名的创新及传播学教授，40年专注创新扩散研究，世界创新扩散领域公认的第一权威。
《创新的扩散》一书奠定了罗杰斯作为创新扩散开创者的地位。在书中，罗杰斯用细腻的文笔阐述创新如何在人群中得以扩散，并梳理了许多重要的概念，如S曲线、临界大多数、扩散曲线，以及商界耳熟能详的“跨越鸿沟”等，不仅改变了许多知名企业的新产品营销策略，而且重新定义了扩散的实务。
2004年10月大师驾鹤西去，《创新的扩散（第五版）》成为这部经典著作的最后一版。
唐兴通，数字营销专家，互联网策略顾问。近年的使命是构建“互联网社会学”，以刻画未来120年互联网社会运行规则。因其跨界多个学科、独特的互联网视角，被圈内人戏称为“互联网时代的彼得·德鲁克”。
著译有《引爆社群--移动互联网时代新4C法则》、《社会化媒体营销大趋势》（...