Tuesday, December 22, 2009

3 DEFINITIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

1. Knowledge society is a society that creates, shares and uses knowledge for the prosperity and well-being of its people.
www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz

2.Knowledge Society refers to any society where knowledge is the primary production resource instead of capital and labour. It may also refer to the use a certain society gives to information. A Knowledge society "creates, shares and uses knowledge for the prosperity and well-being of its people.
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_society

3.Knowledge societies have the characteristic that knowledge forms major component of any human activity. Economic, social, cultural, and all other human activities become dependent on a huge volume of knowledge and information. A knowledge society is one in which knowledge becomes major creative force.