Editing Society (section)

==== Knowledge ====
{{Main|Knowledge society}}
[[File:Seoul-Cyworld control room.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|alt=Three people working on computers in a control room |The Seoul [[Cyworld]] control room]]
As the access to electronic information resources increased at the beginning of the 21st century, special attention was extended from the information society to the knowledge society. A knowledge society generates, shares, and makes available to all members of the society knowledge that may be used to improve the [[human condition]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=Fred |last2=Yu |first2=Ching-Ying |last3=Hameed |first3=Tahir |last4=El Akhdary |first4=Mahmoud Abdullah |date=2017 |title=The knowledge society's origins and current trajectory |journal=International Journal of Innovation Studies |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=175–191 |doi=10.1016/j.ijis.2017.08.001 |doi-access=free}}</ref> A knowledge society differs from an information society in that it transforms information into resources that allow society to take effective action, rather than only creating and disseminating [[raw data]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Castelfranchi |first=Cristiano |date=December 2007 |title=Six critical remarks on science and the construction of the knowledge society |journal=Journal of Science Communication |publisher=[[International School for Advanced Studies|SISSA]] |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=C03 |doi=10.22323/2.06040303 |doi-access=free |issn=1824-2049 |oclc=56474936 }}</ref>