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Nordin, Karin; Broeckelman-Post, Melissa A. – Communication Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate communication mindset changes across one semester of the introductory communication course and differences across students' demographic backgrounds. The study measured the communication mindset and other instructional constructs of 1299 undergraduate students during the first two and last two weeks of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Communication Research, Introductory Courses, Public Speaking
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Ismail, Mohamed – Communication Center Journal, 2016
The term "Thin Slice," first coined and defined by Ambady and Rosenthal (1992), is a brief sample of behavior, not exceeding five minutes in length, extracted from the full-length behavior stream. These thin slices are an efficient means to form judgments and predict outcomes of interpersonal relations from the full-length behavior…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Evaluation Methods, Behavior, Interpersonal Communication
Young, Ira George – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the utility and application of the framing devices identified by Fairhurst (1993) and Fairhurst and Sarr (1996) in the college/university setting as evidenced through college/university presidents' speeches. Fifty-seven college/university presidents' speeches were collected from institution…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Public Speaking, Speeches, Discourse Analysis
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Hodis, Georgeta M.; Bardhan, Nilanjana R.; Hodis, Flaviu A. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2010
This study offers a comprehensive analysis of change in willingness to communicate (WTC) in public speaking contexts (i.e., PS-WTC). The proposed conceptualization of change was tested using longitudinal data collected from a sample of 706 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory communication course in a US university. Results of latent…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Speaking, Communication Research, Longitudinal Studies
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Roby, Douglas E. – Education, 2009
This study involved 107 teachers assessing their apprehension in communicating within group settings, one-to-one, in meetings, and in large public speaking circumstances. Those involved in the study were teachers pursuing graduate degrees in teacher leadership. School administrator's acknowledging the talents and gifts of teaching faculty, and…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Leadership Qualities, Speech Skills, Teacher Leadership
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Carrell, Lori – Communication Education, 2009
This study explored the effectiveness of communication training for clergy, working to create an outcomes assessment model for such endeavors. Clergy-participants (N=46) completed an extensive training process designed to increase the transformative quality of their sermon communication. Training outcomes were assessed with a prepost test design,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Clergy, Public Speaking, Outcomes of Education