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There is a need to fix the consequences of those changes which became the result of the Third Industrial Revolution due to the rapid technological development; these changes actually act as determining factors for the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The attempt to link the explored transformations, which are in fact the features of the new type of society, usually called post-industrial, information, and network, with the typical characteristics of traditional, pre-industrial societies, is of a particular interest. As Bauman pointed out , "Throughout the solid stage of the modern era, nomadic habits remained out of favour ... In the fluid stage of modernity, the settled majority is ruled by the nomadic and exterritorial elite…", and nomadic life takes revenge over the principles of territoriality and settlement (Bauman, 2000). So, one of the transformation features is return to the nomadic way of life. Digital nomads, possessing the same characteristics as traditional nomads, should have a specific set of handheld mobile devices, as well as continuous access to the Internet. It is necessary for maintaining a comfortable nomadic lifestyle in today's network society. A specific quality of modern nomads is collecting, storing and processing the data, as well as sharing and filtering the information. Network becomes the subject of inquiry by various scientific disciplines, because network is a basic characteristic of modern society. The concept of network is used as a metaphor to describe the new social quality, and as a special methodological research tool. Application of the network concept is usually associated with a set of constraints dealing with different meanings of the term “network”. This paper aims to compare various characteristics of traditional and network societies, and analyze different interpretations of the “network” proposed by the network society research.