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commres-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative, theory-testing social science. CR rewards a clear communication-science question with a testable mechanism, not platform novelty or description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.

When to use

• Choosing among possible projects or framings for a CR submission
• Pressure-testing fit before investing
• Deciding whether CR or a sibling is the right home
• Sharpening a vague effect into a hypothesis-testing communication-science question
• Reframing descriptive or qualitative ideas for a quantitative venue

When not to use

• Collecting data
• Qualitative or purely interpretive designs
• Platform novelty or description without a testable mechanism

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