Mobile society and knowledge society: similarities and differences

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Anastasiya O. Alekseeva (Folts)

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of New Media and Communication Theory, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: stasy.alekseeva@gmail.com

Section: Theory of Journalism and Media

The article deals with the correlation of two terms – mobile society and knowledge society which are the next development stage after the information society. The conclusion implies that mobile society is not only a result of active use of wireless technologies of mobile communication but is at large a result of accelerated speed of capital (material and immaterial) and information flows thanks to new ICT. The knowledge society rests on mobile society progress but is more “ecocentric” (people oriented) than technological. Users’ skills and expertise such as team work, cooperation within de-territorised research communities, etc. come to the fore. 

Keywords: information society, mobile technologies, Internet, knowledge, social networks