“公共”这个概念不是从来就有的,德国著名的哲人哈贝马斯先生曾对公共领域和公共性的问题做过专门的研究,他的研究结果表明:“公共”这个概念在西方是社会历史发展到一定阶段后出现的。在英国,从17世纪中叶开始使用“公共”这个词,17世纪末,法语中的“Publicite”一词借用到英语里,又出现了“公共性”这个词,后来“公共性”一词又在18世纪出现在了欧洲其它国家。公共性本身表现为一个独立的领域,即公共领域。它和私人领域是相对立的,它讨论 The concept of “public” has not always been the case. The famous German philosopher Habermas did a special study on public domain and public issues. His research shows that the concept of “public” In the West, social history emerged after a certain period of development. In the UK, the term “public” was used in the mid-17th century. At the end of the 17th century, the word “Publicite” was borrowed into English and the word “publicity” appeared again. Later “ The term ”publicity" appeared again in the eighteenth century in other European countries. Publicity itself manifests itself as an independent field, public sphere. It is opposed to the private sphere, which discusses it