THE GROWING ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPHERE OF MODERN SOCIETY

Abstract

The article shows the trends that have occurred in recent decades in the classical theory of the post-industrial paradigm, which has undergone a deep critical rethinking of the methodological foundations. While traditional theories of post-industrial society were based on linear evolutionist methods and limited to technological and communicative paradigms of socio-economic reality research, modern research is focused on new approaches to understanding the trends of social transformations through the use of network and information approaches. The search for new ways of institutionalization of the public space of political, social and economic spheres of economic life; the formation of competitive advantages through the implementation of the study of modern civilizational changes, which indicate the formation of a new type of civilization. One of the most promising areas of the process of increasing the role of Informatization is the use of theoretical achievements of modern theories and models of the information society require improvement and overcoming contradictions through the involvement of interdisciplinary approaches. The features of the growth of the role of network systems, information technology, which allowed analyzing the change in the specifics of market relations, in particular the change in the nature and content of labor in a post-industrial society. The main systems of indicators and criteria are outlined: technological, economic (related to the sphere of employment); spatial, cultural, which affect economic growth and increase the efficiency of traditional types of production activities in the information environment.