information age

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letters)

1. a period beginning about 1975 and characterized by the gathering and almost instantaneous transmission of vast amounts of information and by the rise of information-based industries.

information age

noun

1. a time when large amounts of information are widely available to many people, largely through computer technology

Word History and Origins

Origin of information age¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Or, as Green Day sang, you are part of the information age of hysteria.

From Salon

One of the major features of the information age, as you call it, is social media.

From Los Angeles Times

This led Montell to further investigate how cognitive biases, which are the errors in thinking that occur when people are processing information that affects decision-making, are clashing with the information age.

From Salon

"The government cannot get into my family WhatsApp group. There are some channels which you cannot break into in the information age that we live in," she added.

From BBC

“Since we are living in the ‘information age’ with an overload of information at our fingertips, people don’t know who or what to believe.

From Washington Times