The rise of the information society calls for quantitative and qualitative measures of information activities at the subnational, national, and international levels, which could help us better understand the issues and make sounder decisions. This article reviews recent developments in this direction as they relate to sectoral studies centered around kinds of information, information institutions and services, messages and communication technologies, and to global studies, concerned with the production and consumption of information, social change, information channels, policies and information indices. An account of efforts in the area of information statistics is also given. The present limitations of the various kinds of measures are discussed. It is advocated that consistent, comprehensive, and meaningful information measures need to be compiled regularly, evaluated, and upgraded to properly monitor, interpret, and control the far reaching changes taking place nationally and internationally.
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