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Information SocietyMuhammad Usman Saeed

09020716-005

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BackgroundTerm “information Society’ originated in

Japan in 1960sConcept of ‘post-industrial society’ by Daniel

Bell (1973)‘Information Economy’ by the economists

Machlup (1962) and Porat (1977)

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Post-Industrial SocietyThis term was the most

frequently used one before the expression “information society” gained overall acceptance; it defined the newly emerged social-economic phenomenon by emphasizing the fact that the old structures of the industrial era were replaced by new ones. (Denial Bell, 1973)

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Information SocietyMelody (1990: 26-7)

describes information societies simply as those that have become ‘dependent upon complex electronic information networks and which allocate a major portion of their resources to information and communication activities.

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László Z. KarvalicsA new form of social

existence in which the storage, production, flow, etc. of networked information plays the central role.

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Hungarian definitionA social structure based

on the free creation, distribution, access and use of information and knowledge […] the globalisation of various fields of life. ((Hungarian) National Strategy of Informatics, 1995)

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Table: Comparison of the characteristics of Post Industrial and information society by Yoneji Masuda.Source: Masuda, 1980

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Post-Industrial Society

Information Society

Core Steam engine (power)

Computer (memory, computation,control)

Basic function Replacement, amplification of physical labour

Replacement, amplification of mentallabour

Productive Power Material productive power

Information productive power

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Post-Industrial Society

Information Society

Products Useful goods and services

Information, technology

Production centre Modern factory (machinery, equipment)

Information utility (information networks,data banks)

Leading industries

Manufacturing industries (machineryindustry, chemical industry)

Intellectual industries, (informationindustry, knowledge industry)

From of society Class society (centralized power, classes,control)

Functional society (multicentre, function,autonomy)

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Soci

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ture Post-Industrial

SocietyInformation Society

National goal GNW (gross national welfare)

GNS (gross national satisfaction)

Force of socialchange

Labour movements, strikes

Citizens’ movements, litigation

Social problems Unemployment, war, fascism

Future shock, terror, invasion of privacy

Most advancedstage

High mass consumption

High mass knowledge creation

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Valu

es

Post-Industrial Society

Information Society

Ethical standards Fundamental human rights, humanity

Self-discipline, social contribution

Spirit of the times Renaissance (human liberation)

Globalise (symbiosis of man and nature)

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Other Related ConceptsPost-industrial society (Daniel Bell),Post-fordismPost-modern SocietyKnowledge SocietyTelematic SocietyInformation RevolutionNetwork society (Van Dijk,1993; Manuel

Castells, 1996).

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Network SocietyVan Dijik (1999) suggests that modern

society is in a process of becoming a network society: ‘a form of a society increasingly organizing its relationships in media networks which are gradually replacing or complementing the social networks of face to face communication.

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Conclusion“Information society” is a term used to

describe the most recent stage of social history. In the 20th century the most developed countries gradually entered the state of information society and it is expected that within a matter of a few decades the majority of the world’s population will be living and working in a global information society.

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CriticsThe information society concept has not been

universally accepted as helpful for analysis, for reasons that have in part been explained. A central problem is the lack of political dimension, since it seems to have no core of political porpose, simply an (attributrd) inevitable technocratic logic of its own. (van Dijik, 1999).

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Questions..

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SourcesLászló Z. Karvalics (2007), Information

Society – what is it exactly? (The meaning, history and conceptual framework of an expression)

Information society, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.