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Digital Skills, an Attribute of the Information Society

Table 1: Conceptual approaches to the information society

Name Defining features
post-industrial society(Daniel Bell, 2021) an economy in which the focus is no longer on production but on services;massive privatization;liberalization of society.
technotronic society (Brzezinksi, 1970; Ellul, 2018) modern technology, a combination of technology and electronics, present in all sectors of human activity;technology is no longer a tool, but an environment;relationships and experiences no longer take place directly but are mediated by technology, robotic behavior, impersonal procedures, and standardized rules.
information / digital society the creation, transmission and use of information have a major impact on economic, social, cultural, political life;
knowledge society / knowledge-based society (Toffler, 1983) the importance of scientific knowledge in the development of the economy and society;high rate of increase in the volume of knowledge that man can have;wide variety of media.
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