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Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|The diverse public is symbolized in this sculpture situated in Montreal, Canada named "". In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere.
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- Etymology and definitions
- Social publics
- See also
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
thumb|right|300px|The diverse public is symbolized in this sculpture situated in Montreal, Canada named "". In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere.
The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field.