Public Participation

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This paper presents an exploratory, observational analysis of the notion of being part of a public and the influence public participation has on the development of the constitution of publics. More specifically the paper assesses the following: (1) What the nature of shared conditions, interests and purposes are within society, (2) How these commonalities create an awareness of forming a public action and (3) The extent to which public participation influences society as a whole. The paper also examines how technology has influenced public participation in recent years and changed the constitution of publics.

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Introduction
Significance of Study
Preliminary Literature Review
Methodology
References

From the Paper:

"The nature of public participation with regard to publics has been analyzed by many in recent years. Warner comments that as citizens all people are the subjects of publicity, regardless of their culture, race, gender or class, and by participating in any public discourse bring with them an interpretation of events as they relate to oneself; people will adapt themselves to conform to a certain constitution even if they are themselves rather abstract and separate from them (Warner, 2002; Cowell, 2003)."

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