According to the general approach of Daniel Bell (1973):information and knowledge were at the center of his analysis when determining principles of information society on a large scale. He criticized other academic's approaches for being...
moreAccording to the general approach of Daniel Bell (1973):information and knowledge were at the center of his analysis when determining principles of information society on a large scale. He criticized other academic's approaches for being too narrow and directive in specifically defining information society. On the whole, Bell's examination concentrated on economic issues. In "Post Industrial Society" Bell's conceptualization is outlined by a conversion of a good-producing to a service-based economy, and shifts in 'occupational distribution' diagrams-indicating the rising superiority of a professional/ technical class. This means that importance is not located in traditional forms of energy or physical labor, but information and how to use it. Fritz Machlup identifies information society industries by pointing out the combination of education, legislation, distribution, media and computer manufacturing and considers their influences on economic worth, while Marc Porat has clarified these points again by emphasizing changing economic valuations. (Webster, 2008) Porat categorized the economy in two parts: the primary and secondary information sectors. The primary sector is considered as responsive to ready economic assessments, since it has an attributable selling price and concerns yet enterprises within associations and state businesses were not as easily quantifiable. Thereby Porat strengthened his two sectors of information society, by parting non-informational principles of economy, and considering recombining statistics at the national economic level. Here he came to the conclusion that the "United States is now an information society" since with around half of the U.S gross national products fell within these two categorized information sectors.(Webster, 2008)
