Authors
- Khilkhanov Dorzhi L. Doctor of Sociology, Professor Russian Federation Moscow
Annotation
Theoretical concepts of the information society began to take shape in the 1960s of the twentieth century. Today, one of the main concepts in describing the modern information society is M. Castells’ concept. His concept examines several main areas of the information society at once: from economics and technology to cultural phenomena. N. Luhmann, one of the most influential philosophers and sociologists of the 20th century, did not write specifically about the information society. In his works, he focused not on information per se, but on communication. At the same time, many of his ideas are applicable to the analysis of the information society. Luhmann focuses on how the media system constructs the observed reality. The function itself is important, rather than the technological features of the communication channel. Intrasystemic communication is facilitated by specific symbolic means, while intersystemic communication is more challenging, as each system responds selectively to processes in other systems. The reality of mass media replaces objective reality in social communication. Castells’ theory of the information society emphasizes that digital networks transform space, time, and social practices. Digital technologies and the Internet form the basis of a networked society. In such a society, in the space of flows, the real and the virtual are mixed, creating a new hybrid reality.
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Khilkhanov, D. L. (2026). LUHMANN’S CONCEPT AND THE THEORIES OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 2 (58), 24. https://doi.org/10.24412/2078-9238-2026-258-24-33
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