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=Chapter 1: Image of the Future Information Society= //Yoneji Masuda

(infoamerica.org) pp.15-20

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// =The Information Society=

According to Masuda the image of the "Information Society" will be founded on the assumptions that:
 * The production of information values will be the driving force behind the Information Society
 * The Information Society can use developmental patterns from the industrial society as a stepping stone for a new societal model

The Information Society will form a new societal model with a different framework from the industrial society, which is keen on the exploitation of information as a resource fundamental to the development of new innovations. Tracing past analogies of the industrial society will help predict the assembly of the necessary components for the Information Society.

=Comparison : Information Society vs Industrial Society=
 * __Developmental Patterns__ || __Industrial Society__ || __Information Society__ ||
 * //**Technological Innovations**// || Steam engine, amplified manual labour || Computers, amplification of mental labour (knowledge) ||
 * **//Socio-economic structure//** || Goods and services, manufacturing industries (factory as the centre of production, machinery, man power) || Information, technology, intellectual industries (networks, distribution of information, increase in knowledge) ||
 * //**Industrial sectors**// || Primary, secondary, tertiary || Matrix (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary) ||
 * //**Economic structure**// || Division of labour, division of production and consumption || "Synergy" - joined production process ||
 * //**Societal Values**// || Materials, human rights and human liberation || Efficiency (synergy), social contribution, globalism ||

=Reference=

Castells, Manuel. __"Image of he Future Information Society"__ The Information Society Reader. Ed. Frank Webster, Raimo Blom, Erkki Karvonen, Harri Melin, Kaarle Nordenstreng, and Ensio Puoskari. London and New York: Routledge, 2004. pp15-20.

"Yoneji Masuda". InfoAmérica: El Portal de la Comunicación. 