Editing Society (section)

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{{Main article|Information society}}
[[File:ONU Geneva mainroom.jpg|thumb|upright=1|alt=Many people gathered in a large meeting room |World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva]]

An information society is a society where the usage, [[Content creation|creation]], [[Information distribution|distribution]], manipulation and [[Information integration|integration]] of information is a significant activity.<ref>{{cite book |last=Beniger |first=James Ralph |author-link=James R. Beniger |year=1986 |title=The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=0-674-16986-7 |lccn=85031743 |oclc=13064782 |pages=21–22}}</ref> Proponents of the idea that modern-day global society is an information society posit that information technologies are impacting most important forms of social organization, including education, economy, health, government, [[warfare]], and levels of democracy.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mattelart |first=Armand |author-link=Armand Mattelart |translator-last1=Taponier |translator-first1=Susan G. |translator-last2=Cohen |translator-first2=James A. |language=en |year=2003 |title=Histoire de la Société de l'information |trans-title=The Information Society: An Introduction |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |isbn=0-7619-4948-8 |lccn=2002114570 |oclc=52391229 |pages=99–158}}</ref> Although the concept of information society has been discussed since the 1930s, in the present day, it is almost always applied to ways that information technologies impact society and culture. It therefore covers the effects of computers and telecommunications on the home, the workplace, schools, government, and various communities and organizations, as well as the emergence of new social forms in cyberspace.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lyon |first=David |author-link=David Lyon (sociologist) |editor-last1=Armitage |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Roberts |editor-first2=Joanne |year=2002 |chapter=Cyberspace: Beyond the Information Society? |title=Living with Cyberspace: Technology & Society in the 21st Century |publisher=[[Continuum International Publishing Group|Continuum]] |isbn=0-8264-6035-6 |lccn=2002071646 |oclc=824653965 |pages=21–33 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324224249 |access-date=10 January 2024 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429040244/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324224249_Living_With_Cyberspace_Technology_and_Society_in_the_21st_Century |url-status=live }}</ref>