An Investigation of the Relationships among Technology Experiences, Communication Apprehension, Writing Apprehension, and Computer Anxiety.

McDowell, Earl

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ERIC Number: EJ583475

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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An Investigation of the Relationships among Technology Experiences, Communication Apprehension, Writing Apprehension, and Computer Anxiety.

McDowell, Earl

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v28 n4 p345-55 1998

Finds significant relationships between computer anxiety and computer/word processing, between computer anxiety and computer electronic discussion group, and between computer anxiety and online computer service among 130 students from a variety of undergraduate rhetoric classes at a large midwestern university. Finds also significant differences between gender groups on several measures. (RS)

Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Computer Anxiety, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Writing Apprehension

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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