Information society
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| - | An '''information society''' is a [[society]] in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, and manipulation of [[information]] is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity. The [[knowledge economy]] is its economic counterpart whereby wealth is created through the economic exploitation of understanding. | + | An '''information society''' is a [[society]] where the usage, [[Content creation|creation]], [[information distribution|distribution]], manipulation and [[information integration|integration]] of [[information]] is a significant activity. Its main drivers are [[information and communication technologies]], which have resulted in rapid information growth in variety and is somehow changing all aspects of social organization, including [[education]], [[economy]], [[health]], [[government]], [[warfare]], and levels of [[democracy]]. The people who are able to partake in this form of society are sometimes called either [[computer users]] or even [[digital citizen]]s, defined by K. Mossberger as “Those who use the Internet regularly and effectively”. This is one of many dozen internet terms that have been identified to suggest that humans are entering a new and different phase of society. |
| - | Specific to this kind of society is the central position [[information technology]] has for production, [[Economics|economy]], and society at large. Information society is seen as the successor to [[industrial society]]. Closely related concepts are the [[post-industrial society]] ([[Daniel Bell]]), [[post-fordism]], [[postmodernity|post-modern]] society, [[knowledge society]], Telematic Society, [[Information Revolution]], and [[network society]] ([[Manuel Castells]]). | + | Some of the markers of this steady change may be technological, economic, occupational, spatial, cultural, or a combination of all of these. |
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| + | Information society is seen as a successor to [[industrial society]]. Closely related concepts are the [[post-industrial society]] ([[post-fordism]]), [[postmodernity|post-modern]] society, computer society and [[knowledge society]], telematic society, [[The Society of the Spectacle|society of the spectacle]] ([[postmodernism]]), [[Information Revolution]] and [[Information Age]], [[network society]] ([[Manuel Castells]]) or even [[liquid modernity]]. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Cyberspace]] | ||
| + | *[[Digitalization]] | ||
| + | *[[Digital transformation]] | ||
| + | *[[Digital dark age]] | ||
| + | *[[Digital addict]] | ||
| + | *[[Digital phobic]] | ||
| + | *[[Information culture]] | ||
| + | *[[Information history]] | ||
| + | *[[Information industry]] | ||
| + | *[[Information revolution]] | ||
| + | *[[Internet culture]] | ||
| + | *[[Network society]] | ||
| + | *[[Noogenesis]] | ||
| + | *[[Simon Buckingham]] and [[unorganisation]] | ||
| + | *[[Surveillance capitalism]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Information Society]]'' (journal) | ||
| + | *[[World Summit on the Information Society]] (WSIS) | ||
| + | *[[Yoneji Masuda]]}} | ||
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An information society is a society where the usage, creation, distribution, manipulation and integration of information is a significant activity. Its main drivers are information and communication technologies, which have resulted in rapid information growth in variety and is somehow changing all aspects of social organization, including education, economy, health, government, warfare, and levels of democracy. The people who are able to partake in this form of society are sometimes called either computer users or even digital citizens, defined by K. Mossberger as “Those who use the Internet regularly and effectively”. This is one of many dozen internet terms that have been identified to suggest that humans are entering a new and different phase of society.
Some of the markers of this steady change may be technological, economic, occupational, spatial, cultural, or a combination of all of these.
Information society is seen as a successor to industrial society. Closely related concepts are the post-industrial society (post-fordism), post-modern society, computer society and knowledge society, telematic society, society of the spectacle (postmodernism), Information Revolution and Information Age, network society (Manuel Castells) or even liquid modernity.
See also
- Cyberspace
- Digitalization
- Digital transformation
- Digital dark age
- Digital addict
- Digital phobic
- Information culture
- Information history
- Information industry
- Information revolution
- Internet culture
- Network society
- Noogenesis
- Simon Buckingham and unorganisation
- Surveillance capitalism
- The Information Society (journal)
- World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
- Yoneji Masuda}}
