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. In Economics, the private sector is that part of the economy which is both run for private Profit and is not controlled by the State. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation.

Public to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the public; also, a particular body or aggretion of people; as, an author's public. "public Network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier. A common carrier is a business that transports people goods or services and offers its services to the general public under license or authority provided by a regulatory body

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. John Dewey (October 20 1859 &ndash June 1 1952 was an American Philosopher, Psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have Public & Its Problems, Swallow Press, June 1954, ISBN 0-8040-0254-1.
2. Habermas, Jürgen. Jürgen Habermas (ˈjʏʁgən ˈhaːbɐmaːs born June 18, 1929 is a German Philosopher and Sociologist in the tradition of 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.
3. Habermas, Jürgen. Jürgen Habermas (ˈjʏʁgən ˈhaːbɐmaːs born June 18, 1929 is a German Philosopher and Sociologist in the tradition of 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.
4. Hannay, Alastair. Alastair Hannay (born 1932 is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. On the Public, Routledge; 1 edition, July 13, 2005, ISBN 0-415-32792-X.
5. Kierkegaard, Soren. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (ˈsœːɐn ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌɡ̊ɒˀ in Danish Anglicized as;) A Literary Review (Penguin Classics), Alastair Hannay (Translator), Penguin Classics, March 26, 2002, ISBN 0-14-044801-2.
6. Lippmann, Walter. Walter Lippmann ( September 23, 1889 - December 14, 1974) was an influential American Writer, Journalist, and The Phantom Public (Library of Conservative Thought), Transaction Publishers; Reprint edition, January 1, 1993, ISBN 1-56000-677-3.
7. 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.
8. Sennett, Richard. Richard Sennett (born Chicago, 1 January 1943) is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics The Fall of Public Man W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition, June 1992, ISBN 0-393-30879-0.

See also

Public access Public administration Public affairs Public art Public broadcasting Public choice Public company Public debate Public defender Public domain

Public editor Public eye Public finance Public good Public health Public house Public inquiry Public interest Public Ivies Public key

Public law public Public lecture Public library Public network Public nudity Public ownership Public policy Public radio Public relations Public road

Public safety Public school Public sector Public services Public space Public speaking Public sphere Public transport Public university Public utility

Public works

• Private

Public-access television in the United States is a form of Citizen media, similar to Canada's community channels Australia's community television Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy. The term public art properly refers to works of Art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited Public broadcasting refers to radio television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public Public choice in economic theory is the use of modern Economic tools to study problems that are traditionally in the province of Political science. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc for debate among the public see Public sphere Public debate is a formal style of debate In the United States, a public defender is an Attorney whose duty is to provide legal representation to people who are charged with a crime or other offense The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The job of the public editor is to supervise the implementation of proper Journalism ethics at a newspaper and to identify and examine critical errors or omissions and to act For the film see The Public Eye (film (1992 Public Eye was a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975 (7 series in total Public finance is a field of economics concerned with paying for collective or governmental activities and with the administration and design of those activities In Economics, a public good is a good that is non-rivaled and non-excludable. Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts and informed choices of society organisations A public inquiry is an official Review of events or actions ordered by a country's state's or province's government The public interest refers to the "common well-being" or "general welfare Public Ivy is a term coined by Richard Moll in his 1985 book Public Ivys A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities to refer to universities which Public-key cryptography, also known as asymmetric cryptography, is a form of Cryptography in which the key used to encrypt a message differs from the key Public law is a theory of law governing the relationship between Individuals ( Citizens companies) and the State. A public lecture is one means employed for educating the public in the Sciences and Medicine. A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such Public nudity or nude in public (NIP refers to Nudity not in an entirely private context Public ownership (also called government ownership, state ownership or state property) refers to Government Ownership of any Public broadcasting refers to radio television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public Public relations (PR is the practice of managing the flow of Information between an Organization and its Publics Public relations - often referred A public road or Highway is a Road that is open to common use by the general population Public security Public safety involves the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the Safety of the general public from significant Danger The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and The public sector is the part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the Government, whether national Regional Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by Government to its Citizens, either directly (through the Public sector) or A public space refers to an area or place that is open and accessible to all citizens regardless of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Age or Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured deliberate manner intended to inform influence or entertain the listeners The public sphere is an area in social life where people can get together and freely discuss and identify societal problems and through that discussion influence political action A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. A public utility (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the Infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using Public works are the construction or engineering projects carried out by the State on behalf of the Community. Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively

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