THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

In a knowledge society, knowledge forms a major component of any human activity. Economic, social, cultural, and all other human activities become dependent on a huge volume of  knowledge and information.

wikipedia.com

A knowledge society is one that creates, shares and uses knowledge for the prosperity and well being of its people.
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It has to do with a society in which the conditions for generating knowledge and processing information have been substantially changed by a technological revolution focused on information processing, knowledge generation, and information technologies.”
Manuel Castells vecam.org

 The concept of ‘knowledge societies’ is preferable to that of the ‘information society’ because it better captures the complexity and dynamism of the changes taking place. The knowledge in question is important not only for economic growth but also for empowering and developing all sectors of society.” 

 

THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

Information society is a term for a society in which the creation, distribution,and manipulation of infroamtion has become the most significant economic and cultural activity. It may be constrated with societies in which the economic underpinning is primarily industrial or Agrarian.
SOURCE: whatis.techtarget.com

Information society is a Post industrial society in which information technology (IT) is transfoming every aspect of cultural, political and social life and which is based on the production and distribution of information.
SOURCE: Business dictionary.

A society where communication and information technology influence the every day lives of most of its members. it is helped by the advance of the internet and technology; exchange and recieving of digital data rapidly between places despite great distances does not come with difficulty.
SOURCE: redgoldfish.co.uk