“Society of Information”: capitalist restructure and the global sphere

Abstract

The idea of a “society of information” could only make sense if we have in mind that it is only a new fase of capitalism, in which the technologies of information have a fundamental relevance. From the point of view of theory, problems arise when there is articulation between the determinations imposed by the system and those originated in the daily life, according to Habermas. But the solution given by Habermas will be criticized here, from the perspective of the Political Economics of Communication, incorporating the central idea of mediation, from the authors of the Cultural Studies. The elements of articulation are the concepts of cultural work and intellectual work..Only then, it will be possible to understand the meaning of the present transformations, which will be supported by the contribution of Lévy.