Saturday, September 15, 2012

Private Sphere and Public Sphere

When reading through Chapter 9, I found the two different spheres of communication very interesting. I wouldn’t have thought there was a term for two different types of public communication.

The private sphere is when you are solely speaking about our own interests in mind. Since the book did not elaborate on the private sphere I did a little bit of my own research. It is said that when you are in your private sphere of communication that you are most likely speaking in the comforts with your family or friends. The communication here would most likely be our of comfort ability with the people that you already know and that would help you gain.

The term public sphere is when you are speaking on behalf of our community in a chance to connect with others or bring awareness. I liked how the book used examples of how people used their own life experiences and reached out to our community to create awareness and get others involved in greater issues in our communities.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Adrienna, I think it is great that you did some research, and thank you for sharing the information; I find it to be very interesting. I didn't do any research on the subject, but based on what you said, "when you are in your private sphere of communication that you are most likely speaking in the comforts with your family or friends", it appears that it is possible that there are many more than two spheres. After all, the level of our comfort changes on a regular basis. I accept that there are two main ones, but I also think that there are many more in-between them.

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