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Introduction published In: Online Health Communication: Expert and Lay Dialogic Practices
Edited by Anna Tereszkiewicz and Magdalena Szczyrbak
[Language and Dialogue 14:2] 2024
► pp. 171–182

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Introduction

Online health communication

Expert and lay dialogic practices

 | Jagiellonian University
 | Jagiellonian University | University of Pardubice
Published online: 11 July 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.00176.ter
Article outline
  • 1.Expert and lay discursive practices in health communication
  • 2.Professional expertise vs lay expertise in health communication
  • 3.New perspectives on dialogic practices in online health communication
  • References
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