Information society

Information society

what is the definition of the information society? 

Information Society is a term for a society in which the creation, distribution, and manipulation of information have become the most significant economic and cultural activity. An Information Society may be contrasted with societies in which the economic underpinning is primarily Industrial or Agrarian

he Networked Society is a type of future ecosystem in which widespread internet connectivity drives change for individuals and communities. The concept has been popularized by the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company Ericsson

There is currently no universally accepted concept of what exactly can be termed information society and what shall rather not so be termed. Most theoreticians agree that a transformation can be seen that started somewhere between the 1970s and today and is changing the way societies work fundamentally. Information technology goes beyond the internet, and there are discussions about how big the influence of specific media or specific modes of production really is. Frank Webster notes five major types of information that can be used to define information society: technological, economic, occupational, spatial and cultural.^[5] According to Webster, the character of information has transformed the way that we live today. How we conduct ourselves centres on theoretical knowledge and information.

An information society is a society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity. Its main drivers are digital information and communication technologies, which have resulted in an information explosion and are profoundly changing all aspects of social organization, including the economy, education, health, warfare, government and democracy. The people who have the means to partake in this form of society are sometimes called digital citizens, defined by K. Mossberger as “Those who use the Internet regularly and effectively”. This is one of many dozen labels that have been identified to suggest that humans are entering a new phase of society.

The markers of this rapid change may be technological, economic, occupational, spatial, cultural, or some combination of all of these. The information society is seen as the successor to an industrial society. Closely related concepts are the post-industrial society (Daniel Bell), post-Fordism, post-modern society, knowledge society, telematic society, Information Revolution, liquid modernity, network society(Manuel Castells), and society of the spectacle (Guy Debord)