Abstract

Тhe article considers current scientific ideas of knowledge as a factor of development of information society. The special focus is on theoretical views about the place and role of knowledge in the information society. Review is carried based on the existence of the modern theories of the information society three aspects — aspects of the cost of the production aspect and anthropological aspect. From the above analysis it appears that the greatest development has received production aspect that sees knowledge factor in the development of society, which is implemented as a structural element of the production process. Thus the main disadvantage of posted scientific understanding is not quite correct understanding of the researchers of the concept «knowledge» often differs from the concept of «information».