Informatization of society. Textbook for SPO

The allocation of a person, one of the most weak in the physical terms of the animal world of our planet, in its ruler became possible only thanks to the ability of people not only to communicate with each other, but also the ability to turn information into knowledge into information on the basis of the analysis and processing of information that exists regardless of it allowing to greatly make life easier. It was the ability to process existing information, turning it into knowledge, that allowed primitive people not only to survive in a fierce competition, but also to socialize. Socialization required communication initially between individual individuals, communities, tribes, and then states. It was the language, as a primary means of communication, then communication systems and modern information and telecommunication systems that made it possible to form a modern information society with all its advantages and disadvantages.
The textbook is written in a public form and is intended for students of full-time vocational education in the discipline "Informatization of society". In addition, it can be useful not only for students of other specialties studying modern technological systems, but also for high school students trying to understand the structure of the society in which they have to live