La información como industria

IN THIS PAPER AN ANÁLISIS IS MADE OF INFORMATION AS AN INDUSTRY. FIRSTLY, AN OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION IS PRESENTED AND ITS POLITICAL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL POWER IS UNDERLINED. THEN SEVERAL RELATED TOPICS ARE PRESENTED IN A BROAD MANNER, AS WELL AS THE FACTORS WHICH COME INTO PLAY IN ORDER FOR INFORMATION AS AN INDUSTRY TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AND DEVELOP. ATHIRD POINT DEALS WITH A STUDY OF INFORMATION AS AN INDUSTRY IN MEXICO AND A DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN INFORMATION FOR PROFIT AND THAT WHICH DOES NOT INVOLVE PROFIT. TECHNICAL/SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED AS WELL AS THE WAY PEOPLE CONSULT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION USING DATA BANKS.