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. |