TO CRITICISM OF THE THEORY OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
The article considers main problems of post-industrial theory's development. Attention is drawn to the blurring of the conceptual apparatus of the theory, the use of different terms in relation to modern society: the information society, post-industrialism, the knowledge society and others. Use in scientific researches of different methods, including uncommon in social surveys, forms the common tools of social search. As disadvantages specifies unconfirmed by practice some postulates and the difficulty of proving the effectiveness of the triad, put Forth by the Bell: the pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial society. Technological determinism is considered by the author as a phenomenon that is manifested in the development of high technology industries and their special impact on the development of the economic system and the behavior of individuals under the influence of the new system of values.