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'''Public''' is about the what of belonging to the people;  relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community;  opposed to [[Private sector|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.
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Public also refers to the general body of 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]].
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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''".
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==Selected bibliography==
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# [[John Dewey|Dewey, John]]. ''Public & Its Problems'', Swallow Press, June 1954, ISBN 0-8040-0254-1.
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# [[Jamie Szypka]]. ''I'm public and I'm okay with that'', Toledo Blade, September 1999, ISBN 0
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# [[Jürgen Habermas|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.
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# [[Jürgen Habermas|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.
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# [[Alastair Hannay|Hannay, Alastair]]. ''On the Public'', Routledge; 1 edition, July 13, 2005, ISBN 0-415-32792-X.
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# [[Soren Kierkegaard|Kierkegaard, Soren]]. ''A Literary Review'' (Penguin Classics), Alastair Hannay (Translator), Penguin Classics, March 26, 2002,  ISBN 0-14-044801-2.
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# [[Walter Lippmann|Lippmann, Walter]]. ''The Phantom Public'' (Library of Conservative Thought), Transaction Publishers; Reprint edition, January 1, 1993, ISBN 1-56000-677-3.
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# [[Leon H. Mayhew|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.
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# [[Richard Sennett|Sennett, Richard]]. ''The Fall of Public Man'' W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition, June 1992, ISBN 0-393-30879-0.
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
 
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*French: [[public#French|public]]
 
*French: [[public#French|public]]
 
*German: [[öffentlich]]
 
*German: [[öffentlich]]
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*Kurdish: KUchar, [[گشتی]]
 
*Kurdish: KUchar, [[گشتی]]
 
*Latin: [[publicus]], -a, -um  
 
*Latin: [[publicus]], -a, -um  

Revision as of 15:25, 24 August 2007

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 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.

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA - ˈpʌblɪk/,"pVblIk/
  • Hyphenation: pub·lic

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.


Translations


Noun

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