Examples of Public in the following topics:
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- Public interest groups advocate for what they consider to be the public good.
- Interest groups work through advocacy, public campaigns, and even lobbying governments to make changes in public policy.
- For example, public interest groups work on issues that impact the general public, rather than a select group of members.
- One of the challenges, or criticisms, of public interest groups is the difficulty in defining a single idea of the public good in a society that values pluralism, such as the United States.
- Public interest groups advocate for issues that impact the general public, such as education.
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- Public relations is the management of a message between an individual or organization and the public.
- Simply put, public relations manages communication between an organization and the public.
- The ideal end results of public relations is for the information to serve both the source and the public interest.
- An asymmetrical public relations model allows feedback to flow from the public back to the originating organization, using it as an attempt to persuade the public to change.
- Consumer/lifestyle public relations – gaining publicity for a particular product or service
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- Public opinion as a concept gained credence with the rise of "public" in the eighteenth century.
- German social theorist, Jürgen Habermas (born in 1929), contributed the idea of "Public Sphere" to the discussion of public opinion.
- The Public Sphere, or bourgeois public is, according to Habermas, where "something approaching public opinion can be formed" (2004, p. 351).
- So, public opinion polling cannot measure the public.
- Public opinion can be influenced by public relations and the political media.
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- In modern developed nations, the term "public services" includes sectors, such as electricity, fire services, gas, law enforcement, military, environmental protection, public housing, public transportation, etc.
- In modern, developed nations, the term "public services" includes sectors, such as electricity, fire services, gas, law enforcement, military, environmental protection, public housing, public transportation, etc.
- A public service may sometimes have the characteristics of a public good.
- Many public services, especially electricity, gas, and public transport were products of this era.
- Buses are an example of a public good delivered by local governments in the United States.
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- The aggregate demand curve for a public good is the vertical summation of individual demand curves.
- The aggregate demand for a public good is derived differently from the aggregate demand for private goods.
- The marginal benefit of a public good diminishes as the level of the good provided increases.
- Public goods are non-rivalrous, so everyone can consume each unit of a public good.
- The aggregate demand for a public good is the sum of marginal benefits to each person at each quantity of the good provided .
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- The government is providing an efficient quantity of a public good when its marginal benefit equals its marginal cost.
- To determine the optimal quantity of a public good, it is necessary to first determine the demand for it.
- Often, the government supplies the public good.
- The supply curve for a public good is equal to its marginal cost curve.
- The optimal quantity of public good occurs where MB = MC.
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- Public assistance is the provision of a minimal level of social support for all citizens.
- In most developed countries, public assistance is provided by the government, charities, social groups, and religious groups.
- Individuals must meet specific criteria to be eligible to receive public assistance.
- In the United States, the funds for public assistance are given at a flat rate to each state based on population.
- Individuals must apply for monetary public assistance and meet specific criteria.
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