Three Definitions of Knowledge Soceity

.Broadly speaking, the term Knowledge Society refers to any society where knowledge is the primary production resource instead of capital and labour. It may also refer to the use a certain society gives to information. A Knowledge society "creates, shares and uses knowledge for the prosperity and well-being of its people
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2. In Sally Burch's work, he refers to Castells definition which says, “it has to do with a society in which the conditions for generating knowledge and processing information have been substantially changed by a technological revolution focused on information processing, knowledge generation, and information technologies.”
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3.Knowledge societies have the characteristic that knowledge forms major component of any human activity. Economic, social, cultural, and all other human activities become dependent on a huge volume of knowledge and information. A knowledge society is one in which knowledge becomes major creative force.
(http://dictionary.babylon.com/Knowledge_Society)

Nii Quarcoopome Hansen-Sackey
DCSA 2010058

Three Definitions of Information Society

1.An information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.
source - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/information_society.

2.Information Society is a term for a society in which the creation, distribution, and manipulation of information has become the most significant economic and cultural activity.
source - whatis.techtarget.com/definition

3.Post-industrial society in which information technology (IT) is transforming every aspect of cultural, political, and social life and which is based on the production and distribution of information
source - www.businessdictionary.com/definition/information-society
NII QUARCOOPOME HANSEN-SACKEY
DCSA 2010058