From joc-skills
Positions a Journal of Communication manuscript against the literature to read as a field-wide contribution. Engages cross-subfield debates and avoids narrow platform focus.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/joc-skills:joc-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
JoC is read across communication's subfields, and a frequent reason strong-looking submissions stall
JoC is read across communication's subfields, and a frequent reason strong-looking submissions stall is that they engage only one narrow literature and miss the broader conversation. Positioning is not throat-clearing — it places the paper where a field-wide communication audience can see the gap and the move.
| If your paper is… | also engage… |
|---|---|
| an effects experiment on one platform | the general persuasion/attention/emotion theory it tests |
| a computational text-as-data study | the substantive communication literature it speaks to |
| a single-context qualitative study | the broader interpretive/critical conversation it advances |
| a measurement contribution | the substantive literatures that will use the measure |
joc-submission)Treat this skill as an executable review pass, not a prose hint. First lock the communication process, platform/media setting, construct measurement, and study design; then judge whether the current manuscript answers the venue's real reader: communication reviewers who balance theory, media context, measurement, and social implications.
claim / evidence / risk / manuscript location rows, so the next agent can edit rather than rediscover the issue.resources/official-source-map.md has been checked for volatile rules and the manuscript has one concrete fix for the largest venue-specific risk.【Debate】the live disagreement / open question
【Key works】the 3-6 that define it (incl. cross-subfield)
【Gap】what is contested / mismeasured / untested
【Move】how this paper changes the debate
【Strongest rival】and how the design will adjudicate it
【Next】joc-theory-building
../../resources/official-source-map.md — JoC scope and double-anonymous / third-person self-citation rulesnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin joc-skillsPositions a Communication Research manuscript against the empirical literature, framing hypotheses as cumulative, theory-testing contributions. Useful when drafting introductions or responding to reviewer feedback.
Tests whether a communication research project fits the Journal of Communication (JoC) and helps choose between original article and JoC Forum formats.
Maps a manuscript's positioning within current sociological debates for AJS submission. Helps frame the literature section to signal engagement with live theoretical tensions rather than filling gaps.