Trans-cultural Diffusion - Types

Types

  • Expansion diffusion: an innovation or idea that develops in a source area and remains strong there, while also spreading outward to other areas.
  • Relocation diffusion: an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas, leaving behind its origin or source of the cultural trait.
  • Hierarchical diffusion: an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places, and often influenced by social elites.
  • Contagious diffusion: an idea or innovation based on person-to-person contact within a given population.

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