popular term used in US

alternative, depending on context:
culture of informative communication.
Just two suggestions.
Greetings,

Nikolaus

Or "IT world". I don´t think this is about information, it is about IT. The world is becoming an IT world. Or at least, an global IT culture is developing (e.g. ProZ).

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Note added at 2002-05-21 05:16:22 (GMT)
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I just discussed this with Cécile, my German wife. Her initial understanding was in line with jerrie and Norbert, below, But after further consideration and discussion she says I may well be right. But you need more context. (She´s been around translators too much :-)

My further thought is that you can participate in the information explosion without English - there are German newspapers, television, radio, even Internet - and Indonesian and Tagalog too - it is the IT world you need English for.

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English language texts represent a significant part in the culture of information dispersal

... or culture of sharing information...

... since every kind of communication is about passing on = sharing information. In the example, English texts are one means to this end.
So why not have a go for this?

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Note added at 2002-05-21 09:04:12 (GMT)
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Drawn from the (lacking) context above, there might be two concepts/interpretations behind the term \"Informationskultur\", i.e.

a) the \"Informationskultur\" existing within a specific (e.g. corporate) environment (multinational group or the like), which would be covered by my option given above (which I, interestingly, thought of first)

and

b) \"Informationskultur\" as a general concept (supported by use of original \"Text\" as broad category and not \"Texte\" possibly belonging to some specific corporate culture). If this is what\'s meant here, I would opt for Norbert\'s or jerrie\'s suggestions above.

So Georg, to decide this, please help with more context.

Sentence option!