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newms-review-process

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Use when anticipating how a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript will be judged — anonymous (double-anonymized) peer review, what interdisciplinary referees weigh, and the decision categories. Sets expectations; it does not write the paper or the response letter.

When to use

• Anticipating how a New Media & Society manuscript will be judged
• Understanding anonymous (double-anonymized) peer review
• Identifying what interdisciplinary referees weigh
• Understanding decision categories
• Stress-testing the paper against likely referee objections before submission
• Reading the decision letter after a decision
• Estimating odds and effort given NM&S selectivity
• Pre-submission referee simulation

When not to use

• Writing the paper
• Writing the response letter

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