<s>
The	O
information	B-General_Concept
industry	I-General_Concept
or	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
are	O
industries	O
that	O
are	O
information	O
intensive	O
in	O
one	O
way	O
or	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
many	O
different	O
ways	O
to	O
classify	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
standard	O
or	O
distinctively	O
better	O
way	O
of	O
organizing	O
those	O
different	O
views	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
section	O
offers	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
what	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
information	B-General_Concept
industry	I-General_Concept
"	O
might	O
entail	O
,	O
and	O
why	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
information	B-General_Concept
industry	I-General_Concept
"	O
is	O
mostly	O
identified	O
with	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
system	O
design	O
,	O
telecommunications	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
yet	O
others	O
,	O
information	O
may	O
include	O
anything	O
that	O
has	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
sensation	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
may	O
include	O
even	O
such	O
things	O
as	O
restaurant	O
,	O
amusement	O
parks	O
,	O
and	O
prostitution	O
to	O
the	O
extent	O
that	O
food	O
,	O
park	O
ride	O
,	O
and	O
sexual	O
intercourse	O
have	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
senses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
definitional	O
problems	O
,	O
industries	O
producing	O
information	O
goods	O
and	O
services	O
are	O
called	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
legal	O
services	O
,	O
banking	O
,	O
insurance	O
,	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
testing	O
,	O
and	O
market	O
research	O
,	O
require	O
intensive	O
and	O
intellectual	O
processing	O
of	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
telephone	O
,	O
broadcasting	B-Operating_System
and	O
book	O
retail	O
industries	O
do	O
not	O
produce	O
much	O
information	O
,	O
but	O
their	O
core	O
business	O
is	O
to	O
disseminate	O
information	O
others	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
other	O
countries	O
,	O
broadcasting	B-Operating_System
stations	O
produce	O
a	O
very	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
programs	O
they	O
broadcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
stated	O
above	O
,	O
this	O
list	O
of	O
candidates	O
for	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
is	O
not	O
a	O
definitive	O
way	O
of	O
organizing	O
differences	O
that	O
researchers	O
may	O
pay	O
attention	O
to	O
when	O
they	O
define	O
the	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
are	O
considered	O
important	O
for	O
several	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
,	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
rapidly	O
growing	O
part	O
of	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
case	O
of	O
consumers	O
,	O
media	O
including	O
music	O
and	O
motion	O
picture	O
,	O
personal	O
computers	O
,	O
video	O
game-related	O
industries	O
,	O
are	O
among	O
the	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
case	O
of	O
businesses	O
,	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
include	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
system	O
design	O
,	O
so-called	O
FIRE	O
(	O
finance	O
,	O
insurance	O
,	O
and	O
real	O
estate	O
)	O
industries	O
,	O
telecommunications	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Second	O
,	O
information	B-General_Concept
industries	I-General_Concept
are	O
considered	O
to	O
boost	O
innovation	O
and	O
productivity	O
of	O
other	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
economy	O
with	O
a	O
strong	O
information	B-General_Concept
industry	I-General_Concept
might	O
be	O
a	O
more	O
competitive	O
one	O
than	O
others	O
,	O
other	O
factors	O
being	O
equal	O
.	O
</s>
