Information society

A society like our present one, with increasing technological capacity to store more and more information on more capable media, and to circulate it more and more quickly. The creation, management, distribution, and manipulation of information are of great importance for economic, social and cultural activity. This kind of society is seen as the successor of industrial society. It is important to note that this kind of society does not involve only the Internet, and the current debate is around the influence of all varieties of media on culture as a whole.