public sphere- The public sphere is an area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action.

private sphere– The private sphere is the complement or opposite to the public sphere. The private sphere is a certain sector of societal life in which an individual enjoys a degree of authority, unhampered by interventions from governmental or other institutions

” Within this public sphere, people collectively determine through the processes of rational argument the way in which they want to see society develop”

In reference to Harbermas’s study’s

“From it can be extrapolated a model of a public sphere as a neutral zone where access to relevant information affecting the public is widely available.”