The rapid development of advanced information technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence and block chain has driven great changes in the research contents and research methods of intelligence studies. The changes of intelligence studies research contents include: the changes of concept chain and knowledge research, the rise or much-needed construction of new branch disciplines, and more attention paid to the research of advanced information technologies. The changes of intelligence studies research methods include: the evolution of research methods adapted to the big data environment, the differentiation of analysis tools and methods from the past, and gradual improvement of the scientific research methodology system. Whether from the perspective of research object or technology, it is inevitable that the research content and research methods of intelligence studies evolution are driven by advanced information technology. We need to think about the relationship between them and the constraints of external factors, the development of intelligence studies discipline, and give full play to the advantages of intelligence studies.