МЭДЭЭЛЛИЙН НИЙГЭМ, ТҮҮНИЙГ ТОДОРХОЙЛОХ АСУУДАЛД

Abstract

This article discusses the definitions of information society basing on the analysis of British sociologist Frank Webster. The article critically analyzes the concept of information society showing its vulnerability and ambi-guity and discusses its broader connections with concepts such as modernity and post modernity. It questions the possibility of information society from critical standpoint and its usage of concept in academic circles. At the end, it brings rather different “alternative” of information society of Webster not common in mainstream discourse of sociology of advanced societies. The article also discusses the political, social and global dimensions of information society.