INFORMATION SPACE TRANSFORMATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
The article examines the preconditions for the emergence and attributive recognition of the knowledge economy. The aim of the study is to identify the directions of development of the information space of the Russian state, which is under the influence of the process of transforming knowledge into a key factor of economic growth. In accordance with the purpose of the study, the following tasks have been solved: the essence of the knowledge economy as a new stage in the development of the post-industrial technical and economic structure has been determined; the category “information and communication space” is introduced to describe the current state of the information space in the context of its digitalization; the problems of assessing the level of digitalization of the information space are formulated. The study made it possible to conclude that it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the current state of the information space in order to develop the effective tools for the socio-economic policy of the Russian state.