Difference between revisions of "Public"

From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to search
 
Line 3: Line 3:
 
'''Public''' is about the what of belonging to the people;  relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or [[community]];  opposed to [[private]]; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation.
 
'''Public''' is about the what of belonging to the people;  relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or [[community]];  opposed to [[private]]; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation.
  
Public also refers to the general body of [[humanity|mankind]], or of a nation, state, or community; ''the people'', indefinitely; as, ''the public''; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, ''an author's public''.  "public Network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier.
+
Public also refers to the general body of [[humanity|humankind]], or of a nation, state, or community; ''the people'', indefinitely; as, ''the public''; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, ''an author's public''.  "public Network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier.
  
 
Aggens (1983), in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "''There is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability''".
 
Aggens (1983), in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "''There is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability''".

Latest revision as of 02:32, 21 December 2008

Lighterstill.jpg

PublicAgain.jpg

Public is about the what of belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation.

Public also refers to the general body of humankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public. "public Network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier.

Aggens (1983), in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "There is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability".

Selected bibliography

  1. Dewey, John. Public & Its Problems, Swallow Press, June 1954, ISBN 0-8040-0254-1.
  2. Jamie Szypka. I'm public and I'm okay with that, Toledo Blade, September 1999, ISBN 0
  3. Habermas, Jürgen. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society, (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought), The MIT Press; Reprint edition, August 28, 1991, ISBN 0-262-58108-6.
  4. Habermas, Jürgen. The Theory of Communicative Action, Volume 2: Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason, Thomas McCarthy (Translator), Beacon Press; Reprint edition, 1987, ISBN 0-8070-1401-X.
  5. Hannay, Alastair. On the Public, Routledge; 1 edition, July 13, 2005, ISBN 0-415-32792-X.
  6. Kierkegaard, Soren. A Literary Review (Penguin Classics), Alastair Hannay (Translator), Penguin Classics, March 26, 2002, ISBN 0-14-044801-2.
  7. Lippmann, Walter. The Phantom Public (Library of Conservative Thought), Transaction Publishers; Reprint edition, January 1, 1993, ISBN 1-56000-677-3.
  8. Mayhew, Leon H.. The New Public: Professional Communication and the Means of Social Influence, (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies), Cambridge University Press, September 28, 1997, ISBN 0-521-48493-6.
  9. Sennett, Richard. The Fall of Public Man W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition, June 1992, ISBN 0-393-30879-0.

Etymology

From L. publicus

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to the affairs or official affairs of all people, not just those of a private group; contrasted with private.
  2. Open to all.
  3. Funded by the government.

Noun

  1. The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.