Quote: "A public is a space of discourse organized by nothing other than discourse itself."
Question: In what other ways can a public be defined as? And how do we see this definition working and applied in different ways in various sectors such as the government and private sector?
The concept of the "Public" can often be narrowed down to objectivity. There are different purposes and narratives at play within the government and private sector. Both examples define "Public" with differing parameters to better achieve their task at hand.
ReplyDeleteA public can be defined as a group of individuals within any setting, whether it is a specified group of individuals or the general population. The public can be considered anyone open to listening and interpreting a rhetor's discourse. When applied to government, all the discourse occurring within our government is (for the most part) completely open to the American public, but only a select few decide to address this information and consume it in a beneficial manner. A large majority of the public chooses to disregard, or put their attention towards a different area of focus.
ReplyDeleteA public is a very generalized term which will change due to the settings the word is presented in. A public could be businessmen when in New York, but Farmers in Kansas. A public is nothing more than a group of people who fall under the same category when it comes to a (not so) specific subject.
ReplyDeleteI would say a public space can be used for many purposes other than discourse. We have organized forms of physical activity, there is forms of audiences that use public places for moments of commemorations, silence, prayer, and individual times of study. A public place is very generalized for many activities.
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