newms-data-analysisUse when conducting and reporting the analysis of a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript across qualitative, content/discourse, computational, and mixed methods — making inference transparent and defensible on each tradition's own terms. Strengthens analysis and reporting; it does not collect data.
newms-literature-positioningUse when situating a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript in the right interdisciplinary conversation and naming the specific gap or rival account it advances. Builds the positioning; it does not build the theory or design.
newms-rebuttalUse when responding to a New Media & Society (NM&S) revise-and-resubmit decision — building a point-by-point response letter to multiple interdisciplinary reviewers plus the editor. Structures the response; it does not fabricate new results.
newms-research-designUse when defending the research design of a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript — informant/site logic for interviews and digital ethnography, sampling and coding for content/discourse analysis, data construction and validation for computational work, and integration logic for mixed methods. NM&S
newms-review-processUse 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.
newms-submissionUse for the final preflight before submitting a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript via Sage Track — word target, abstract, keywords, masking, SAGE Harvard referencing, ethics statement, and ORCID. Runs the checklist; it does not draft content.
newms-tables-figuresUse when building exhibits for a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript — quote/excerpt tables, coding-scheme tables, network and computational figures, and screenshots of platform interfaces. Makes exhibits clear and self-contained; it does not run the analysis.
newms-theory-buildingUse when building the conceptual argument of a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript — turning a platform finding into a portable concept or mechanism drawing on media, communication, and social theory. Builds the argument; it does not collect data or run analyses.
newms-topic-selectionUse when judging whether a topic fits New Media & Society (NM&S) and how to frame it for an interdisciplinary digital-media-and-society readership. Tests fit and stakes; it does not design the study or write the paper.
newms-transparency-and-dataUse when handling research ethics, transparency, and data sharing for a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript — consent and anonymization, the ethics of scraping and platform ToS, qualitative analytic transparency, and any quantitative data/code sharing. Prepares ethics and documentation; it does no
newms-workflowUse as the entry point for any New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript. Routes to the right NM&S sub-skill based on the lifecycle stage and the method (qualitative interviews/ethnography, critical-theoretical, content/discourse analysis, computational, or mixed). It dispatches; it does not draft conte
newms-writing-styleUse when drafting or polishing the prose of a New Media & Society (NM&S) manuscript for an interdisciplinary readership within the ~8,000-word target, using SAGE Harvard referencing. Shapes the writing; it does not generate findings or design the study.