The Economy of an Information Society: illusions and Realities. Part 1
The first part of the article examines the general aspects of creating an information society economy. Special attention is devoted to the problem of formation of various economic illusions that impede the creation of a stable economic basis for an information society, as well as the problem of a "shadow economy". In the form of theses it defines the concept of an information society as a complex socioeconomic system that arises in response to the threat of information overload, and forms a specific material basis for turning information into a strategic resource of the economy. It shows that communications, information technology and mass communications can be viewed as a field of certain types of economic activities central to the creation of an information society economy.