Polish way to the information society

Abstract

The article is devoted to a wide range of issues connected with the social and cultural changes that accompany the transition from industrial to information society. The aim of the issue is to demonstrate the Polish way to information civilization. Regarding this goal the author used the following methods: historical, behavior (indirect) analysis, decision making method as well as extrapolation and reflection. The issues of concepts’ specificity connected with the information society are discussed in the article. The specific nature of Polish society transformation in the context of external factors regarding European integration and global social processes in general is analyzed. The historical dynamic of Polish information infrastructure establishment has been presented; the way has been indicated as incomplete consequently the information transformations have not been completely accomplished in Poland.

Keywords

• information society
• poland
• transformations
• lisbon strategy
• european strategy 2020