Communication Interview Paper

Communication Apprehension Interview Paper

Interview I

Demographic Information

The first interviewee is a 29 years old man, who originally from India. He is a single graduate student of Murray State University with Information System Major. His previous educations were a bachelor degree in Mathematics and a master degree in Marketing. He was born and raised in India and this is the first time he comes to the United States.

Interview Summary

He defines being shy as avoidance of someone in communicating with others. He said shyness reflected not just from their willingness to speak, but also from their body language such as having less eye contact while talking. The time when he considered himself to be a shy person was while confronting women. He felt so nervous and quiet while communicating with them, although he was already familiar with them. He recalled that being at a party and delivering presentation were the time when he felt really afraid and uncomfortable in communicating with others. He was unexpected that the party would be attended by many women and those made him become quiet

The context-based CA relates to anxiety while communicating in one type of context and the common form of this fear is public speaking. It can be seen that he experienced the stage fright when he tried to deliver a presentation. He also mentioned that even he had practiced before the real one, he still had that anxiety in public speaking. The CA had an impact on him internally and externally. The internal effects could be identified from his anxiety about people’s opinions of his performance and the nervousness. Physically, he felt that his heart was beating fast and his voice was quite unsteady. On the other hand, the external effects could be identified from his unusual non-behavior such as the folding hands and biting nails when he was giving a