Books and Book Chapters
Cooley, S., Cooley, A., Shin, S., & Liu, B. (in press). Strategic Intelligence Challenges in the Nuclear Meta-Crisis Era: Navigating Deterrence Amid Multipolar Competition. In K. A. Demir (Ed.), Safeguarding National Security Through Strategic Intelligence. IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
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.
Academic Journal Articles
Shin, S., Hwang, J., Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Nobel, S., Dinko, R., & Lee, J. (2025). Impact of Virtual Reality and Video Backgrounds on Mental Health in Digital Meditation. Computers in Human Behavior, 172.
Cooley, A., & Nobel, S. (2025). Ukrainian News Media Representations and Framing of NGOs. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 11(2).
Hwang, J., Cooley, A., Cooley, S., & Hinck, R. (2025). Ingroup Favoritism Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccinations among Hispanics: An Experimental Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27.
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, 18(1), 82-102.
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.
Cooley, S.C. (2017). Domestic Propaganda and Press Support: Examining the Obama Administration’s Handling of the 2009 North Korean Nuclear Test. Current Politics and Economics of Northern and Western Asia, 26(2), 349-367
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/Military Publications
Cooley, S., Shin, S., Cooley, A., & Avance, R. (2023, September). Moloch, the Meta-Crisis, and Integrated Nuclear Deterrence. NSI.
Avance, R., Norton, D., Rollins, R., Cooley, S., Shin, S., & Cooley, A. (2023, September). United States Deterrence Policy: 1944 – Present. NSI.
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Avance, R., & Shin, S. (2023, September). Evolution of Deterrent Thinking in USSR and Russia: A Look Through Military Reports. NSI.
Cooley, S., Hwang, J., Cooley, A., Hinck, R., Johnson, J., & Aguirre, P. (2022, March). Modeling Vaccine Confidence Interventions for Marginalized Migrant Communities: A Mixed-Method Approach to Leveraging Social Media Narratives.
Melero, E., Clark, C., Norton, K., O’Brien, M., Rotha, J., & Wong, Y. W. (2022, January). Forecasting Resilience: A Future-Hunter Approach to a Prosperous Central America.
Cooley, S., Hinck, R., Cooley, A.B., Kitsch, S., Utterback, R., & Johnson, J. (2021, January). Mexican and Northern Triangle Perspectives on Migration: Identifying and Assessing Strategic Narrative Alignment.
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Kitsch, S. & Hinck, R. (2021, January). Understanding Mass Self-Communication. NSI.
Bragg, B., Cooley, S., Cooley, A., Hinck, R., & Kitsch, S. (2021, January). Transactional Communication Model. NSI.
Kluver, Z., Cooley, S., Hinck, R., & Cooley, A. (2020, December). Propaganda: Indexing and Framing and the Tools of Disinformation. NSI.
Kitsch, S., Cooley, S., Hinck, R., & Cooley, A. (2020, November). Inoculation Theory. NSI.
Cooley, S., Cooley, A., Hinck, R., & Kitsch, S. (2020, November). Communicative Power in a Globalized “Network Society.” NSI.
Cooley, A., Cooley, S., Hinck, R., & Kitsch, S. (2020, November). Influencing Public Behavior: Takeaways from Public Communication Scholarship. NSI.
Cooley, A. B., Cooley, S., Hinck, R. S., & Kitsch, S. R. (2020, February). Child’s Play: Cooperative Games as Tools of Deradicalization. NSI.
Hinck, R., Ehrl, M., Stefanism, W., Kitsch, S., Cooley, A., & Cooley, S. (2020, February). 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.
Hinck, R. S., & Cooley, S. C. (2019, December). Chinese Strategic Leveraging of its Media Ecology: Primary Drivers and Narrative Themes within China’s Communication Strategy. In N. Peterson (Eds.), Chinese Strategic Intentions: A Deep Dive into China’s Worldwide Activities. NSI.
Cooley, S. C., Hinck, R. S., & Sample, E. ( 2019, September). 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. NSI.
Cooley, S.C., Hinck, R., & Utterback, R. (2019, September). Jammu and Kashmir Reach Back: Media Analysis of Extremist Activities in Indian and Pakistani News. NSI.
Cooley, S.C., Hinck, R., & Sample E. (2019, September). 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.” NSI.
Cooley, S.C. (2019, September). Russian Narratives Related to Global Competition. In, Kuznar, E., Popp, G., & Canna, S. "Using Narratives to Shape Chinese and Russian Behavior.” 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., Cooley, A., Hinck, R. S., & Kitsch, S. R. (2019, June). The Future of Global Competition & Conflict Comparative Analysis: 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. 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. NSI.
Hinck, R., & Cooley, S.C., (2018, July). Comparisons of News Presentations of Afghanistan in Russian and Chinese Media. 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. NSI.
Hinck, R. S., Kluver, R., & Cooley, S. (2017, April). Media Visions Of The Gray Zone: Contrasting Geopolitical Narratives In Russian And Chinese Media. NSI.
Hinck, R. S., Naguib, N., & Kluver, R. (2016, October). Quick Look at Social Media Presence as an Indicator of the Strength of the Islamic State. NSI.
Hinck, R., Manly, J., Kluver, R. & Norris, W. (2016, January). Geopolitical Visions In Chinese Media. NSI.
Hinck, R., Manly, J., Kluver, R., Cooley, S.C., & Stokes, E. (2016, January). Geopolitical Visions in Russian Media. NSI.
Kluver, A., Norris, W., Hinck, R., & Chinn, J. (2015, January). Final Summary Report of Chinese Media: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years. NSI.
Hinck, R., Chinn, J., Kluver, R., & Norris, W. (2014, October). 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. (2014, October). Geopolitical Dimensions of The China Dream: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years. NSI.
Hinck, R., Chinn, J., Kluver, R., & Norris, W. (2014, August). Linguistic Frames in Chinese Foreign Policy: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years. NSI.
Kluver, A., Hinck, R., Chinn, J., & Norris, W. (2014, June). Chinese Media Overview: Drivers of Conflict and Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Next 5-25 Years. NSI.