According to John Dewey what is a public and how can you cla

According to John Dewey what is a public and how can you classify them? Describe the three categories of publics based on Dewey\'s definition.

Solution

Public : a group of people who face a similar problem, recognize the problem, and organize themselves to do something about it Dewey (1927).

Those publics who do not face a problem are nonpublics, those who face the problem but do not recognize it as a problem are latent publics, those who recognize the problem are aware publics, and those who do something about the problem are active publics.