For this discussion, start by describing the relationship between mass communication and mass media, on the one hand, and the character of the public sphere, on the other. How do you experience the relationship between public life and mass communication with respect to both traditional mass media (broadcast, mass publications, etc.) and new media (Internet, social networking, mobile communications, etc.)? If you engage the public sphere via both venues, describe and discuss the similarities and differences. Does the public sphere as you experience embody characteristics of a mass and/or of a public, as these terms are conceptualized in the module content pages and readings? How so? Or how not?