Scott McQuire: Public space in the media city September 19, 2005

Paul Virilio argues that public space has given way to public image, shifting the location of the public domain from the street to the domestic display terminal. But what happens when the TV screen leaves home and moves back into the city? The public domain of the 21st century is no longer simply streets and plazas. But nor is it defined
solely by electronic space. Rather it emerges in the complex interaction of material and immaterial spaces. In the hybrid spaces of contemporary media cities, what forms of access and interaction might
support 'democratic' public space?