Warner’s Publics and Counterpublics focuses on one key question: What is a public? According to Warner the concept of “public” is usually misunderstood. Warner states that everything has a public. Warner splits his discussion of public and counter publics into seven sections. Warner states that this kind of public that comes into being only in relation to texts and their circulation (like the public of this reflection). The seven sections include: 1. A public is self-organized. It exists just by being addressed. It organizes itself independently of other institutions. 2. A public is a relation among strangers. Publics can introduce us to strangers in a different way. 3. The address of public speech is both personal and impersonal. Public speech
