THE ISSUES OF TRANSFORMATION OF INFORMATIVE SOCIETY IN ARMENIA

The role of information and technologies is growing in the all spheres of human lives, which means that the quality of information and technologies predetermines the quality of human resources, accordingly also the level of development of modern societies and the perspectives of their future evolution. Nevertheless, the formation of informative societies and their upcoming development inevitably meets serious challenges, which are mainly provoked by the quality of information, the functioning of social media, the digital and media literacy of society, the problems of accessability and application of technologies, as well as not proper state sponsorship. The article aimed at presenting the peculiarities of consolidation of informative societies and uncovering the main challenges on the way in Armenia by mapping applicable solutions. The article is based on the study of theoretical approach of “informative society” issue, on observation of international and local programs related with the sphere and comparative analyses of field facts. As a result, we may claim that there is no strategic program-policy aimed at productive formulation and stable development of informative society in Armenia and the sphere is not targeted by the state sponsorship, which declines the pace of its development. The fact that the main structures dealing with the problem in Armenia are international organizations and other actors of civil society makes the development of the sector one-sided, which, in turn, indicates less effective and not principled steps.