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ERIC Number: EJ371943
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Impact of Ambiguity Reduction about Performance Expectations on Audience Anxiety.
Beatty, Michael J.
Communication Education, v37 n3 p208-13 Jul 1988
Examines the impact of attempts to reduce uncertainty about audience performance expectations on anticipatory audience anxiety. Reports that successful models presented to clarify audience performance expectations were ineffective in reducing anticipatory audience anxiety. (MM)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Anxiety, Audience Analysis, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Expectation, Higher Education, Modeling (Psychology), Public Speaking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Anticipatory Guidance; Anticipatory Images; Audience Awareness; Communication Strategies; Oral Presentations