Books and Book Chapters
Johnson, J., Cooley, S., Cooley, A., & Hinck, R. (2024). Narrative Worldviews of Central American Migration: A Multi-Vantage Approach. Champaign, USA: Common Ground Research Networks.
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Johnson, J., & Hwang, J. (2024). Exploring Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy Narratives among US Hispanic Migrants. In Y. Qian & R. Ahmed (Eds.), Theory and Application of Health Acculturation: A Communication Perspective. Lexington Books.
Hinck, R. S., Cooley, A., Cooley, S., & Kitsch, S. (2021). The Future of Global Competition: Ontological Security and Narratives in Chinese, Iranian, Russian, and Venezuelan Media. New York, NY. Routledge.
Hinck, R., Cooley, S.C., & Kluver, R. (2019). Global media and strategic narratives of contested democracy: Chinese, Russian, and Arabic media narratives of the US Presidential Election. New York, NY. Routledge.
Manly, J., Hinck, R. S., & Kluver, R. (Accepted). The collision of media, politics & conflict. In W. Kasper & S. McGuire (Eds.), Information Survival Skills for International Affairs and Intelligence Studies. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
Cooley, S.C. (2016). Domestic Propaganda and Press Support: Examining the Obama Administration’s Handling of the 2009 North Korean Nuclear Test. In North Korea: Political, Economic, and Social Issues. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Academic Journal Articles
Norton, K., & Cooley, A. (2024). A Comparative Analysis of Strategic Narratives and Persuasive Language Techniques within Iranian and US News Media: The Study of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Media, War & Conflict. https://doi.org/10.1177/17506352241249065
Hinck, R. S., & Cooley, S. C. (2023). Hybrid regimes and narrative legitimacy during economic crises: Resiliency narratives of Egypt’s economic crisis. Global Media and Communication, 1-25.
Hwang, J., Cooley, A., Cooley, S., & Hinck, R. (2023). The Effects of the Culturally Tailored Narratives on COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Among Hispanics: A Randomized Online Experiment. Journal of Health Communication, 28(3), 168-181.
Ehrl, M., & Hinck, R. S. (2021). Solving Egypt's economic crisis: The strategic role of Chinese, Russian, and Egyptian media narratives. International Journal of Strategic Communication,15(5), 504-525.
Cooley, S.C., Hinck, R., & Sample, E. (2020). Northern triangle and Mexican news media perspectives on the migration crisis: strategic narrative and the identification of good action. Migration and Development.
Cooley, A.B. & Cooley, S.C. (2020). Child’s Play: Cooperative Gaming as a Tool of Deradicalization. Journal for Deradicalization, 23, 96-105.
Hinck, R., & Cooley, S.C., (2020). North Korean Media Penetration and Influence in Chinese and Russian Media: Strategic Narratives During the 2017‒2018 Nuclear Confrontation. In, Talking With the 'Hermit Regime.' International Journal of Communication, 14. February.
Kluver, R., Cooley, S.C., & Hinck, R. (2019). Contesting strategic narratives in a global context: The world watches the 2016 U.S. election. International Journal of Press/Politics, 24(1), 92-144.
Hinck, R. S., Kluver, R., Norris, W., & Manly, J. (2018). Geopolitical dimensions of “The China Dream”: Exploring strategic narratives of the Chinese Communist Party. China Media Research, 14(3), 99-110.
Hinck, R., Kluver, R. & Cooley, S.C. (2018). Russia re-envisions the world: strategic narratives in Russian broadcast and news media during 2015. Russian Journal of Communication, 10(1), 21-37.
Cooley, S. C., and Stokes, E. C. (2018). Manufacturing resilience: An analysis of broadcast and web-based news presentations of the 2014-2015 Russian economic downturn. Global Media and Communication, 14(1), 123-139.
Hinck, R. S., Chinn, J., Kluver, R., & Norris, W. (2016). Interpreting and shaping geopolitics in Chinese media: The discourse of the “New Style of Great Power Relations.” Asian Journal of Communication, 26(5), 427-445.
White Papers/Research Reports
Cooley, S., Shin, S., Cooley, A., & Avance, R. (September, 2023). Moloch, the Meta-Crisis, and Integrated Nuclear Deterrence. The MESA Group.
Avance, R., Norton, D., Rollins, R., Cooley, S., Shin, S., & Cooley, A. (September, 2023). United States Deterrence Policy: 1944 – Present. The MESA Group.
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Avance, R., & Shin, S. (September, 2023). Evolution of Deterrent Thinking in USSR and Russia: A Look Through Military Reports. The MESA Group.
Cooley, S., Hwang, J., Cooley, A., Hinck, R., Johnson, J., & Aguirre, P. (March, 2022). Modeling Vaccine Confidence Interventions for Marginalized Migrant Communities: A Mixed-Method Approach to Leveraging Social Media Narratives. The MESA Group.
Melero, E., Clark, C., Norton, K., O’Brien, M., Rotha, J., & Wong, Y. W. (January, 2022). Forecasting Resilience: A Future-Hunter Approach to a Prosperous Central America. The MESA Group.
Cooley, S., Hinck, R., Cooley, A.B., Kitsch, S., Utterback, R., & Johnson, J. (January, 2021). Mexican and Northern Triangle Perspectives on Migration: Identifying and Assessing Strategic Narrative Alignment. The MESA Group.
Cooley, A. B., Cooley, S., Hinck, R. S., & Kitsch, S. R. (February, 2020). Child’s Play: Cooperative Games as Tools of Deradicalization. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA): Strategic Implications of Regional and Population Dynamics in the Central Region.
Hinck, R. S., & Cooley, S. C. (2019). Chinese Strategic Leveraging of its Media Ecology: Primary Drivers and Narrative Themes within China’s Communication Strategy. In N. Peterson (Eds.), China White Paper. A Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Periodic Publication.
Cooley, S. C., Hinck, R. S., & Sample, E. (2019). The Central American “Cycle of Violence:” Understanding the Catalysts of Migration as a Gray Rhino. In G. Ligon & R. Jones (Eds.), The Age of Disruption: How Power Shifts Create more Conflicts (pp. 105-113). A Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Periodic Publication.
Cooley, S. C., Cooley, A., Hinck, R. S., & Kitsch, S. R. (June, 2019). The Future of Global Competition & Conflict Interim Report: Iran. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Future of Global Competition.
Kitsch, S. R., Hinck, R. S., Cooley, A., & Cooley, S. C. (May, 2019). The Future of Global Competition & Conflict Interim Report: Venezuela. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Future of Global Competition.
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Hinck, R. S., & Kitsch, S. R. (May, 2019). The Future of Global Competition & Conflict Interim Report: Russia. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Future of Global Competition.
Hinck, R. S., Kitsch, S. R., Cooley, A., & Cooley, S. C. (April, 2019). The Future of Global Competition & Conflict Interim Report: China. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Future of Global Competition.
Cooley, S. C., & Hinck, R. S. (November, 2018). Media Narrative Analysis: Iranian, Russian, and Chinese News Coverage of Outcomes in Afghanistan: Phase III Integrated Report. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Afghanistan Future Pathways.
Cooley, S. C., & Hinck, R. S. (October, 2018). Phase II Media Narrative Analysis: Iranian, Russian, and Chinese News Coverage of Outcomes in Afghanistan. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Afghanistan Future Pathways.
Hinck. R. S., Cooley, S. C., Stokes, E., & Kluver, R. (October, 2018). Narratives Before & After the 2018 North Korea- United States Summit: An Analysis of Chinese and Russian News Media Coverage of Events on the Korean Peninsula. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Strategic Outcomes in the Korean Peninsula.
Cooley, S., Hinck, R., Stokes, E., & Kluver, R. (July, 2018). Korea Strategic Outcomes Interim Report: Chinese and Russian News Media Coverage of Nuclear Escalations on the Korean Peninsula. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Strategic Outcomes in the Korean Peninsula.
Hinck, R. S., & Cooley, S. (July, 2018). Afghanistan Reach back Interim Report: Chinese and Russian News Media Coverage of Activities in Afghanistan. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Afghanistan Future Pathways.
Hinck, R. S. (December, 2017). Iranian Influence Prioritization. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: CENTCOM Reach-back Round 6 (Deep Drive) Process.
Hinck, R. S., Kluver, R., & Cooley, S. (April, 2017). Media Visions of the Gray Zone: Contrasting Geopolitical Narratives in Russian and Chinese Media. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment: Gray Zone Conflicts, Challenges, and Opportunities.
Hinck, R. S., Naguib, N., & Kluver, R. (October, 2016). Quick Look at Social Media Presence as an Indicator of the Strength of the Islamic State. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Reach Back Support to Operations in Iraq and Syria.
Hinck, R., Manly, C., & Kluver, R. (February, 2016). Geopolitical Visions in Russian Media. Prepared for the Pentagon’s Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Report: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in Eurasia in the Next 5-25 Years.
Kluver, A., Norris, W., Hinck, R., & Chinn, J. (January 21, 2015). Final Summary Report of Chinese Media. Prepared for the Pentagon's Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Report: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years.
Hinck, R., Chinn, J., Kluver, R., & Norris, W. (October 20, 2014). Geopolitical Dimensions of the New Style of Great Power Relations. Prepared for the Pentagon's Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Report: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years.
Chinn, J., Hinck, R., Kluver, A., & Norris, W. (October 9, 2014). Geopolitical Dimensions of The China Dream. Prepared for the Pentagon's Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Report: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years.
Hinck, R., Chinn, J., Kluver, R., & Norris, W. (August 11, 2014). Linguistic Frames in Chinese Foreign Policy. Prepared for the Pentagon's Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Report: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years.
Kluver, A., Hinck, R., Chinn, J., & Norris, W. (June 24, 2014). Chinese Media Overview. Prepared for the Pentagon's Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Report: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years.
Military Publications
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Kitsch, S. & Hinck, R. (2021, January). Understanding Mass Self-Communication. NSI. https://nsiteam.com/understanding-mass-self-communication/
Bragg, B., Cooley, S., Cooley, A., Hinck, R., & Kitsch, S. (2021, January). Transactional Communication Model. NSI. https://nsiteam.com/transactional-communication-model/
Kluver, Z., Cooley, S., Hinck, R., & Cooley, A. (2020, December). Propaganda: Indexing and Framing and the Tools of Disinformation. NSI. https://nsiteam.com/propaganda-indexing-and-framing-and-the-tools-of-disinformation/
Kitsch, S., Cooley, S., Hinck, R., & Cooley, A. (2020, November). Inoculation Theory. NSI. https://nsiteam.com/inoculation-theory/
Cooley, S., Cooley, A., Hinck, R., & Kitsch, S. (2020, November). Communicative Power in a Globalized “Network Society.” NSI. https://nsiteam.com/communicative-power-in-a-globalized-network-society/
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Hinck, R., & Kitsch, S. (2020, November). Influencing Public Behavior: Takeaways from Public Communication Scholarship. NSI. https://nsiteam.com/influencing-public-behavior-takeaways-from-public-communication-scholarship/
Hinck, R., Ehrl, M., Stefanism, W., Kitsch, S., Cooley, A., & Cooley, S. (February, 2020). Media Reporting on Egypt’s Economy and Bailout Narratives: The Role of Egyptian, Chinese, and Russian Media Narratives in Solving Egypt’s Economic Crisis. NSI. https://nsiteam.com/media-reporting-on-egypts-economy-and-bailout-narratives-the-role-of-egyptian-chinese-and-russian-media-narratives-in-solving-egypts-economic-crisis/
Cooley, S.C. (2019). Russian Narratives Related to Global Competition. In, Kuznar, E., Popp, G., & Canna, S. “Using Narratives to Shape Chinese and Russian Behavior.” A Future of Global Competition and Conflict Virtual Think Tank (ViTTa) Report. https://nsiteam.com/using-narratives-to-shape-chinese-and-russian-behavior-a-future-of-global-competition-and-conflict-virtual-think-tank-report/
Cooley, S.C., Hinck, R., & Utterback, R. (2019). Jammu and Kashmir Reach Back: Media Analysis of Extremist Activities in Indian and Pakistani News. A Media Ecology & Strategic Analysis (MESA) Group Report. NSI. September. https://nsiteam.com/jammu-and-kashmir-reach-back-media-analysis-of-extremist-activities-in-indian-and-pakistani-news/
Cooley, S.C., Hinck, R., & Sample E. (2019). Chapter 17. The Central American "Cycle of Violence:” Understanding the Catalysts of Migration as a Gray Rhino. A Media Ecology & Strategic Analysis (MESA) report. In, Ligon, G., Jones,R, & Yager, M. “The Age of Disruption: How Power Shifts Create More Conflict.” A Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Periodic Publication. August. https://nsiteam.com/the-age-of-disruption-how-power-shifts-create-more-conflict/
Cooley, S. C., Hinck, R. S., Kitsch, S. R., & Cooley, A. B. (2019, November). The Future of Global Competition & Conflict Comparative Analysis: A Media Ecology & Strategic Analysis (MESA) Group Report. NSI.
Cooley, S. C., Hinck, R., Kitsch, S. R., & Cooley, A. B. (2019, August). Iranian Media Narrative Perspectives on the US and Global Competition: A Media Ecology & Strategic Analysis (MESA) Group Report. NSI.
Cooley, S.C., & Hinck, R. (2018, December). Media narrative analysis: Iranian, Russian, and Chinese news coverage of the future of Afghanistan. Phase III Integrated Report to Strategic Multilayer Assessment. NSI.
Hinck, R., Cooley, S.C., Stokes, E., & Kluver, R. (2018, September). Narratives before and after the 2018 North Korea-United States Summit. An analysis of Chinese and Russian news media coverage of events on the Korean Peninsula. Report to Strategic Multilayer Assessment. NSI.
Cooley, S.C., Kluver, R., & Stokes, E. (2018, May) Outer Space and the Media Space: Russian & Chinese news media presentations of the commercialization and militarization of the space domain. Report to Strategic Multilayer Assessment office of the Department of Defense made to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). NSI.
Hinck, R., & Cooley, S.C., (2018, July). Comparisons of News Presentations of Afghanistan in Russian and Chinese Media. Report to Strategic Multilayer Assessment. NSI.
Hinck, R., Kluver, R., & Cooley, S.C., (2017, July). Media Visions of the Gray Zone: Contrasting Geopolitical Narratives in Russian and Chinese Media. Report to Strategic Multilayer Assessment office of the Department of Defense made to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). NSI.
Hinck, R., Manly, J., Kluver, R., Cooley, S.C., & Stokes, E. (2016, January) Geopolitical Visions in Russian Media: Report to USEUCOM Strategic Multilayer Assessment. NSI.