Everett M "Ev" Rogers was an American communication theorist and sociologist, who originated the diffusion of innovations theory and introduced the term early adopter.
16 Facts About Everett Rogers
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Everett Rogers was distinguished professor emeritus in the department of communication and journalism at the University of New Mexico.
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Everett Rogers had no plans to attend university until a school teacher drove him and some classmates to Ames to visit Iowa State University.
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Everett Rogers then served in the Korean War for two years.
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Everett Rogers held faculty positions at Ohio State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Michigan.
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Everett Rogers was the Janet M Peck Professor of International Communication at Stanford University and the Walter H Annenberg Professor and associate dean for doctoral studies in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
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Everett Rogers was distinguished visiting professor at New Mexico State University, visiting professor at Ibero-American University in Mexico, Ludwig Erhard Professor at the University of Bayreuth in Germany, Wee Kim Wee Professor and Nanyang Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University.
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Everett Rogers served as president of the International Communication Association and fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California.
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In 1993, Everett Rogers moved to the University of New Mexico as chair of the department of communication and journalism.
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Everett Rogers had become fond of Albuquerque while he was stationed at an airbase during the Korean War.
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Everett Rogers helped the UNM launch a doctoral program in communication with a special emphasis on cross-cultural and intercultural contexts.
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Everett Rogers suffered from kidney disease and retired from the UNM in the summer of 2004.
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Everett Rogers died a few months later, survived by his wife, Dr Corinne Shefner-Rogers, and two sons: David Rogers and Everett King.
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Everett Rogers was 31 years old and becoming a renowned academic figure.
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Everett Rogers proposes that adopters of any new innovation or idea can be categorized as innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and laggards, based on the mathematically based Bell curve.
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Everett Rogers was able to relate his communications research to practical health problems, including hygiene, family planning, cancer prevention, and drunk driving.