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commres-theory-building

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Use when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable, mechanism-level contribution. CR rewards explicit constructs, a stated communication process, and numbered hypotheses with mediation/moderation, not a bare effect. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

When to use

• building theoretical argument
• defining key constructs
• stating communication process
• naming boundary conditions
• translating mechanism into numbered hypotheses
• connecting work to established communication theory
• fixing atheoretical or ad hoc arguments

When not to use

• running analyses
• fitting PROCESS models post hoc
• collecting data

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