Considering the genesis of information society development perceptions and some basic approaches to its study

Abstract

The article examines the evolution of ideas about the information society in historical retrospect, the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the processes of formation of the information society, and specifies the content of the concepts of “post-industrial” and “information” society when studying the history of informatization of society. Historical periods of the formation of ideas and ideas about the essence of the information society in Russia and abroad are highlighted, as well as factors that significantly influenced the development of the information society in different historical periods.