information economy

Cultural  

1. A term describing the growing reliance of firms on the Internet in the 1990s. Some have argued that firms' speedier and wider access to information has led to significant gains in productivity.

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Example Sentences

Her reporting explores how institutions and individuals wield influence in the new information economy, with a current focus on artificial intelligence and OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

They're working or middle class, but the kind of people the information economy left behind.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2025

I contribute enough to the information economy through my tweets, Instagram photos, and public writing—all available for tech companies to scrape and purchase from middlemen.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

“Basic communication is part of our information economy, and there will be huge implications for our economy if we don’t get this right.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2023

AT&T's entry into the tussle of free enterprise had been complicated by the new, vague groundrules of the information economy.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce