See Gilbert Rodmnan, "The Net Effect: The Public's Fear and the Public Sphere." Virtual Publics: Policy and Community in an Electronic Age (ed. Beth E. Kolko). New York: Columbia University Press, 2003, pp. 11-48 for the eponymous and even funnier student gaffe. Chris Christopher J Richter, PhD Assoc. Prof. & Chair, Communication Studies Hollins University P.O. Box 9652 Roanoke, VA 24020 Tel. 5403626358 Fax 5403626286 e-mail crichter@hollins.edu www.hollins.edu -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Nathaniel Poor Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 2:07 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] FYA - "Public Spire" (humor, but true) I am grading exams. One of my somewhat dyslexic students who tends to confuse word-choice under exam pressure tackled a question about Habermas's Public Sphere, but instead for most of the answer wrote "Public Spire". I think that is pretty cool. An interesting new approach that perhaps acknowledges hierarchies within the PS idea. ^_^ ndp... --------------------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. www.umich.edu/~natpoor Visiting Assistant Professor Communication Studies Dept. Albion College http://www.albion.edu/commstudies _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/