mankind in the long history of its existence, has undergone many stages of development, from the primitive community to the era of "advanced capitalism".Modern society is entering a new era - an era of advanced information technologies.
term "information society" appeared relatively recently, only in the middle of the 20th century.Information society - is a historical phase of development of society and economy where a major role in people's lives is played by information technology:
- rapidly developing production of information products;
- create a single information space - Internet, phone, media nezamenmoy become part of human life;
- achieve scientific and technological progress and are firmly in the area of ​​governance.
changed the very image of the human myshleniya- people will not seek to acquire the material and spiritual values.
However, the future information society - is not only good, there are also negative aspects:
- people in the information society will no longer play a decisive role, because most of the work will perform automated systems;
- virtual reality can become so believable that many prefer it to our material world;
- information society - this is the era of total control over every citizen.Thanks to exhaustive information stored in large databases will be very easy to manage people.
During the origin of human civilization the knowledge acquired only through experience and, as a rule, do not reach the children in the form, which were originally given.To become an individual experience kolletivnym, required special tools.The invention of the first of them was a real information revolution, which ushered in a qualitative shift from the human half-animal state to reasonable.Scientists identify the following stages in the development of the information society:
- appearance of writing. Now people can pass on their knowledge and skills to future generations, it was the first impetus to scientific and technological breakthroughs.
- invention of printing. Renaissance is famous for its artists, sculptors, scientists and philosophers.However, the most valuable invention belongs to John Gutenberg.With the development of printing the general public got access to the knowledge that used to be known only to the initiated.
- invention of electricity. Without electricity would not be possible the first such communication tools such as radio and telegraph.
- invention of computers. beginning of the fourth wave of the information revolution was the invention in 40-ies of the last century, the first electronic computers.Their gradual improvement led to the development of microprocessors and personal computers more and PCs.
analysts say, information society-that's a given.Many developed countries have come to the stage of a large-scale computerization of all spheres of human life.
