Public speaking anxiety is a problem for many people. Some say that it is the number one fear of Americans over death. There have been many studies done in the general field of public speaking anxiety. I am going to review three articles that touch on various issues surrounding public speaking anxiety. The first article looks at student's memories of speeches they have given. The second article looks at how public speaking anxiety affects speech preparation. The third article looks at how speech anxiety changes due to audience pleasantness and familiarity.
The first article is entitled "Communication apprehension and implicit memories of public speaking state anxiety. In the study, their subjects were 44 undergraduate students (22 males, 22 females) that were taking a required basic speech communication class. Each student gave a short two-minute speech to a classroom of 20-25 students. The speeches were videotaped and later played back and reviewed by the instructor. Directly......

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Title: Public Speaking
Approximate Word Count: 576
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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