This document summarizes Everett Rogers' theory of the diffusion of innovations. It defines innovation as the development or adoption of new ideas or technologies. Rogers proposed that the diffusion of innovations follows an S-shaped adoption curve as ideas spread from innovators to early adopters and the early and late majorities over time through communication channels. The diffusion process focuses on how innovations are communicated through social systems and the stages of the innovation-decision process by which individuals adopt or reject new ideas.