### Question
Can you define what public communication means?


### Answer
**Public communication** is defined as the following in *2 U.S.C. § 431*:

> a communication by means of any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing, or telephone bank to the general public, or any other form of general public political advertising

#### Citation:
  - *2 U.S.C. § 431*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 14-FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS > SUBCHAPTER I-DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS**

