The effects of the presence of videotape equipment on communication apprehension and self-esteem in basic course public speaking students

Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-39)This was an experimental study of the effects of being recorded with VTR equipment during a speaking assignment on the communication apprehension and self-esteem of students in the basic public speaking course. The independent variables were presence or absence of VTR equipment during speaking and the time of the semester that the testing was done.\ud Subjects were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions (early in semester/no VTR, early in semester/VTR present, late in semester/no VTR, late in semester/VTR present). Two measures, as well as a response sheet for demographic data, were used. To judge communication apprehension the P.R.C.A.-College (McCroskey, 1978) was employed. Self-esteem was measured using the Self-Rating Scales for Self-Esteem (Fleming & Courtney, 1984), a measure that provides personal self-esteem scores for seven dimensions of self-esteem: self-regard, social self-esteem, verbal abilities, physical appearance, physical abilities, and social anxiety. (See more in text.