THE STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC SPACE

• Published in: Memoirs of NovSU no. 1; pp. 11 - 19
• Main Author: Evdokimov, V. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• ISSN: 2411-7951; 2411-7951
• DOI: 10.34680/2411-7951.2024.1(52).11-19

The article examines the structure of public space. Public space is characterized from the point of view of scale and from the point of view of the spheres of communicative ties. Interactions in terms of scale take place in the public space of the world, continental, national, regional, local, in terms of the spheres of reflection of communicative relations - in the urban, extraurban, Internet environment. Public space is considered to be a vast system, not limited to the urban environment, which includes in terms of spheres of expression such segments as political, cultural, economic, ethnic space. Political space is at the top of this system. The political actors coordinate people’s interactions in the economic, cultural and ethnic space. At the same time, interactions in the economic, cultural, ethnic space can influence events and processes in the political environment. An element of cultural space is the media. Mass media improves interactive communication with the audience, but not all messages disseminated by journalists become part of the public space, unless readers, viewers, listeners participate in the discussion of topical topics. Both constructive discussions reflecting different viewpoints and simulated discussions that do not represent the plurality of opinions of free citizens are common in public spaces.