Full Description
Through stories, research, and practical tips, this book includes a variety of communication anxiety and apprehension materials providing information, insight, and guidance to effectively navigate and manage communication anxiety.
Offering effective strategies and techniques to manage communication anxiety, the book helps readers build resilience and the confidence to apply new strategies in various communication contexts. It is not designed to "fix" anxiety - rather it enables readers to increase their awareness of the human experience, across various situations, and within relationships through contemporary research on communication anxiety and apprehension. Harnessing a variety of narratives and outlooks, this book presents authentic lived experiences as well as the belief that everyone has a story to share.
Focusing on practical skill development and overall wellness, this book is a reference guide for instructors and students of Communication Studies, Public Speaking, and Debate and all who find value in new ways of exploring how anxiety and apprehension affect the people they communicate with.
Contents
1. A New Understanding of Communication Anxiety and Apprehension Unit 1 Overview: Public Speaking Anxiety 2. Toward a Social Model of Public Speaking Anxiety 3. Cognitive Modification or Self-Deception? Renewing Public Speaking Anxiety Techniques with Deceptive Communication 4. From Public Speaking to Communication Competency 5. Performance Psychology Strategies for Reducing Communication Anxiety 6. Beyond "Think Positive"/ Rethinking How We Manage Public Speaking Anxiety Unit 2 Overview: Situation Based 7. Addressing Group Communication Apprehension among Graduate Students in Various Learning Environments 8. Communication Apprehension in Professional Settings/ From Interviewing to Leading 9. Managing the effects of anxiety in conflict communication Unit 3 Overview: Technology and Digital 10. The Complicated Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Communication Apprehension 11. Behind/Between Screens: Technology and Communication Apprehension 12. Strategies for Managing Communication Anxiety in a Digital Mediated Environment Unit 4 Overview: Identity 13. Communication Apprehension in the Professional Workforce: Another Symptom of Gender Oppression 14. Retheorizing Communication Apprehension as a Rational Response to Ableist Standardization 15. Authentic Belonging in the Speech Class: The Trials of ESL Students Unit 5 Overview: Sensitive Topics 16. Political Communication Apprehension Toward Productive Political Discourse 17. Court Communication Anxiety: Navigating Stress, Emotion, and Legal Process 18. Managing Anxiety and Apprehension in Professional Communication After a Medical Diagnosis 19. The Role of Communication Apprehension and Anxiety in Addiction Counseling Unit 6 Overview: Educational Environment 20. The Role of Classroom Culture-Building in Managing Communication Apprehension 21. "That Was a Scary Meeting": Instructor Apprehension and Anxiety Outside the Classroom 22. Easing Communication Apprehension Strategies for Supporting Anxious Learners in Online Education 23. Teacher Approaches to Communication Apprehension
