AN OUTLOOK ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY'S ELEMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES RELYING ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.

At the present times, information has turned into the symbol of an era that we live in. these days, the information explosion, a revolution on information technology or even an information society are among the frequent discussion around the world. The term of information society is reflecting the development of new information technologies and reorganization of society around the information flow. Nowdays, with the informatics networks, all information are available to any format faster than previously were. The process is growing faster due to the increasing use of information highways, and the information is emerging as an increasingly precious commodity in today's global civilization. The establishment of such a society can lead to produce new industries, jobs and products. The fact by which society's economical bases may be encountered with some new manifestations. The infrastructures of information society can be classified as follow; 1. Telecommunication infrastructures; 2. Knowledge-based infrastructures; and finally 3. Technological infrastructures of information. Indeed, first of all, the information community is the result of several hardware and software links rooted in the social-technical structure of that society. Here, some points of them can be mentioned: Digital, the rise of modern computer languages including Gmail; the development of all telecommunication network components (optical cables, satellites, telephones); and at the last, the linkage all of them within structure known as internet, by which the network practically gets rid of the previous constraints (organizational, local, national). The information society containing the new types of communications is subjected to some specific tools like internet among them dating, conferences, and electronic debates can be pointed out. This phenomenon has created a variety of virtual communities in cyberspace. Accordingly, It can be said that the spaces with modern elements and without geographical and political boarders affect the social relations. As we shall see, the results of the article indicate that the advent of information society coincides with several phenomena such as; a. Globalization of the economy; b. The rise of knowledge-based economy; and lastly c. The development and deeply application of communicative networks and digital consequences.

Information Society, Communicative Networks, Development, Iran