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Direct linkMacInnis, Cara C.; Mackinnon, Sean P.; MacIntyre, Peter D. – Current Research in Social Psychology, 2010
Public speakers believe their nervousness is more apparent to others than is actually the case, a phenomenon known as the illusion of transparency. Study 1, in which participants delivered a public speech to an audience, provided evidence of this phenomenon. Despite this, a substantial minority of participants (36%) thought that the audience would…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Anxiety, Audiences, Affective Behavior
Peer reviewedMacIntyre, Peter D.; Thivierge, Kimly A. – Communication Quarterly, 1995
Investigates how a speaker's expectations about the audience can influence public speaking anxiety and willingness to speak. Indicates that audience characteristics interact with speaking contexts in complex ways but that, in general, audience pleasantness exerts a stronger influence than audience familiarity, with pleasant friends the most…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Audiences, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
