ABSTRACT
Shaping a networked society is an adventure in design. A public sphere in cyberspace will not emerge from technology itself. Rather, this public sphere must be designed. This chapter is about that design. I am working on the assumption that a public sphere has to be designed by the public. It cannot be defined by commercial or governmental actors trying to ‘help’ the public. In a democratic society, a public sphere in cyberspace must be defined and designed by the people who find such a sphere necessary for their own needs.
