information society
Noun
Meaning
information society (plural information societies)
(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.
Examples
An efficient telecommunications network is the foundation upon which an information society is built.
The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.
I've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now.
Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.
Information society and universal service support An ICT Fund has been recently enacted to focus on the support the information society requisites and universal service objectives.