The Information Society, Where Processing Information Now Plays A Vital Role In Human Behavior

1. The term "information society" to me means a society where the processing of information has an astounding impact on everyday life. It is more of a modern term as well because the amount of information that has become readily available to us in the last 15 years or so is incredible. According to James Beniger's book The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society, the information society "exposes the centrality of information processing... to all aspects of human society and social behavior."

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