First-Year College Students' Attitudes toward Communication Technologies and Their Perceptions of Communication Competence in the 21st Century

Autor/inn/en	Morreale, Sherwyn; Staley, Constance; Stavrositu, Carmen; Krakowiak, Maja
Titel	First-Year College Students' Attitudes toward Communication Technologies and Their Perceptions of Communication Competence in the 21st Century
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 64 (2015) 1, S.107-131 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
DOI	10.1080/03634523.2014.978799
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Attitudes; College Freshmen; Information Technology; Student Surveys; Mass Media Use; Communication Strategies; Preferences; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Communication Skills; Information Literacy; Information Skills; Media Literacy; Communication Research; Focus Groups; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Studienanfänger; Informationstechnologie; Schülerbefragung; Mediennutzung; Kommunikationsstrategie; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kommunikationsstil; Informationskompetenz; Orientierungswissen; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Kommunikationsforschung
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to better understand new college students' attitudes toward and perceptions of communication media and technology and themselves as communicators in the context of communication competence. Building on the results of a previous qualitative study, the researchers developed a survey focused on communication competence in the technologically rich 21st century and collected responses from 223 entering college freshmen. Among other findings, results of this investigation provide a picture of Generation C students' (born after 1990) descriptions of how they actually and prefer to communicate, in formal and more personal situations and relationships. The students indicated a preference for face-to-face communication in all of 10 communication situations, with some differences observed based on sex of students. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10