Problematizing the distinction between expert and lay knowledge

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• William J. Kinsella is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 97219 ([email protected]). A previous version of this paper was presented at the International Communication Association annual conference, Seoul, Korea, July 2002. The author wishes to thank Gary Radford and two anonymous reviewers for their contributions to the development of this essay.
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