I am working on a paper on the transformation of private and public presence in the Internet Age. This began with the observation that a Kindle shows no BOOK COVER and what was previously a public statement of what you are reading is not private. (Read a magazine on a subway and someone may come up to you and ask how you like a certain article - the cover is a public statement of your reading choice.) Old fashioned mail - like Love letters - gave historians a paper trail to track the inner lives of people, which, indirectly took something very private and made it public. On the other hand, IM love notes, disappear from view after being read - making them more private that old mail in envelopes. Something public has become private. I am seeking other examples of communication in the Internet Age that is taking something essentially public and making it private. The cases of things that are private being made public abound, but the other side of the equation is fascinating. Despite all the talk of the loss of privacy, the fact remains that the internet age has made private many formerly public messages. Anyone have other suggestions of examples of public content going private? Alexander Randall Professor of Communication University of the Virgin Islands