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

Also, the partial democratization of the information economy means that the old gatekeepers in corporate media no longer have anywhere near as much influence as they used to have.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 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

These are the brainiacs whose innovations are powering our information economy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2020

In an information economy increasingly dependent on software and increasingly beholden to software standards, the GPL has become the proverbial "big stick."

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam