"Publics and Counterpublic" by Michael Warner (1958)

very interesting essay on the meaning of "the public," a term that is constantly reinterpreted during our internet/media age.

seems pretty relevant, considering that i'm writing this blog, and you're reading it...

http://muse.jhu.edu.ezproxy.bowdoin.edu/journals/public_culture/v014/14.1warner.html