What is Information Society? Its different perceptions.

Information Society is an economic, social or industrial infrastructure, made up of a varied multitude of individuals who may or may not be from different ethnic groups.





      The term information society is said to have been coined in Japan for the first time. the two Japanese cognates "Joho Shakai" when normally translated into English means "Information Society" .
   
        According to Blaise Cronin,"an information society is one in which labour has been intellectualized,ine the which the expression to earn one's daily bread by the sweat of one's brow sounds decidedly anachronistic."
         William J.Martin defined information society as"a society in which the quality of life as well as prospects for social change and economic development depends increasingly on information and its exploitation."

Different perceptions of an information society:

1.Technological perception: Today's age is the computer age in which computers and telecommunication are behind every other change in the society.Communication technologies such as teleeducation, teleconferencing, teleshopping, e-government,e-commerce have converted the world into a global village and its impact can be felt at every level of our society.

2.Economic perception: Information is turning out as the key economic factor as  resource, service, commodity,a source of added value and employment. In the information society most of the information will be cheaper, would occupy less space and can be communicated with greater speed.

3.Social perception: The information society will be conscious towards the value of information and its use and will become increasingly centred on information handling, processing, storage and dissemination using micro electronic based technologies.

4.Political perception: In information society there would be more interaction between the government and the governed through citizens' participation by way of electronic polling, their access to public information under the concept of freedom and equality of access to information.
5.Cultural perception: The information society recognizes the cultural value of
 information through the promotion of information values in the interest of national or individual development.

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