Cheryl.Cooky

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Selected articles & essays

A selection, not the full record. The complete publication list is on Google Scholar, and the CV carries everything. This work has been cited 5,722 times.

2026 Peer-reviewedA silo of their own: The compartmentalization of media coverage of women's sports, 1989–2024 Cooky, C., Musto, M., Tworek, T., Newell, H. & Fong, O. Communication & Sport ↗ 2025 Peer-reviewed'Reimagining' gender equality in media coverage: Feminist frameworks in European and Olympic portrayal guidelines Antunovic, D. & Cooky, C. · 22(1), 67–88 European Journal for Sport and Society ↗ 2024 EssayIs this the dawn of a new era in women's sports? Cooky, C. The Conversation ↗ 2022 EssayAt Super Bowl 2022, the NFL, Rams and Bengals rake in money. Cheerleaders get pennies Cooky, C. NBC News THINK ↗ 2022 EssayLia Thomas' championship performance gives women's sports a crucial opportunity Cooky, C. NBC News THINK ↗ 2022 EssayU.S. women's soccer settlement sets dangerous precedent Cooky, C. NBC News THINK ↗ 2021 Peer-reviewedOf wine and whiteboards: Enacting feminist reflexivity in collaborative research Linabary, J., Corple, D. & Cooky, C. · 21(5), 719–735 81 citations Qualitative Research ↗ 2021 Peer-reviewedOne and done: The long eclipse of women's televised sports, 1989–2019 Cooky, C., Council, L. D., Mears, M. A. & Messner, M. A. · 9(3), 347–371 364 citations · 51,369 downloads · Altmetric 789 Communication & Sport ↗ 2021 Peer-reviewedSexualized and athletic: Viewers' attitudes toward sexualized performance images of female athletes Daniels, E. A., Hood, A., LaVoi, N. & Cooky, C. · 84(1), 112–124 70 citations Sex Roles ↗ 2020 Peer-reviewed"This isn't just about us": Articulations of feminism in media narratives of athlete activism Cooky, C. & Antunovic, D. · 8(4–5), 692–711 184 citations Communication & Sport ↗ 2020 ReportChasing Equity: The triumphs, challenges, and opportunities in sports for girls and women Staurowsky, E. J., Watanabe, N., Cooper, J., Cooky, C., Lough, N., Paule-Koba, A. et al. 107 citations Women's Sports Foundation ↗ 2020 Peer-reviewedFeminist activism in digital space: Postfeminist contradictions in #WhyIStayed Linabary, J., Corple, D. & Cooky, C. · 22(10), 1827–1848 127 citations New Media & Society ↗ 2018 Peer-reviewedNavigating big data dilemmas: Feminist holistic reflexivity in social media research Cooky, C., Linabary, J. & Corple, D. · 5(2), 1–12 63 citations Big Data & Society ↗ 2017 Essay"We cannot stand idly by": A necessary call for a public sociology of sport Cooky, C. · 34, 1–32 92 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2017 Peer-reviewedFrom fizzle to sizzle: Televised sports news and the production of gender-bland sexism Musto, M., Cooky, C. & Messner, M. A. · 31, 573–596 292 citations Gender & Society ↗
2017 Book reviewReview: Sex testing: Gender policing in women's sports, by Lindsay Parks Pieper Cooky, C. · 31, 866–868 Gender & Society ·
2017 EssayTitle IX at 45 Cooky, C. · Summer issue Contexts ↗ 2016 Peer-reviewed"Ready for anything the world gives her"?: A critical look at sports-based positive youth development for girls Rauscher, L. & Cooky, C. · 288–298 103 citations Sex Roles ↗ 2016 Essay"This has to change!": News media coverage of women's sports Cooky, C. · Summer issue Contexts ↗
2016 Book reviewReview: Qualifying times, and A locker room of her own, by Jaime Schultz Cooky, C. · 30, 136–139 Gender & Society ·
2016 EssayStriking goals for pay and prize parity in sport Cooky, C. · June The Society Pages ↗ 2015 Peer-reviewed"It's dude time!": A quarter century of excluding women's sports in televised news and highlight shows Cooky, C., Messner, M. A. & Musto, M. · 3, 261–287 749 citations · 80,309 downloads · Altmetric 525 Communication & Sport ↗ 2015 Peer-reviewed"It's supposed to be about the love of the game, not the love of Aaron Rodgers' eyes": Challenging the exclusions of women sports fans Esmonde, K., Cooky, C. & Andrews, D. L. · 32, 22–48 119 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2015 EssayDespite soaring popularity, women's sports got more coverage a generation ago Cooky, C. FAIR ↗ 2015 EssayEven in the wake of a record-setting Women's World Cup, myths still surround women's sports Kane, M. J., Daniels, E., LaVoi, N. L., Fink, J. & Cooky, C. espnW ↗ 2014 Peer-reviewedGender and sport in Montenegro: Barriers and facilitators Cooky, C., Begovic, M., Sabo, D., Oglesby, C. A. & Snyder, M. · 917–939 50 citations International Review for the Sociology of Sport ↗ 2014 EssayMad (at) March Madness Cooky, C. The Feminist Wire ↗ 2014 EssayMattel uses Barbie to titillate male sports fans Hogshead-Makar, N. with LaVoi, N. & Cooky, C. The Huffington Post ↗ 2014 EssayOn Michael Sam coming out Cooky, C. The Feminist Wire ↗ 2013 Peer-reviewed"What makes a woman a woman?" vs. "Our First Lady of sport": A comparative analysis of Caster Semenya in U.S. and South African news media Cooky, C., Dycus, R. & Dworkin, S. L. · 37, 31–56 158 citations Journal of Sport and Social Issues ↗
2013 Peer-reviewed(In)Justice in sport: The treatment of South African track star Caster Semenya Dworkin, S. L., Swarr, A. L. & Cooky, C. · 39(1), 40–69 55 citations Feminist Studies ·
2013 Peer-reviewedPolicing the boundaries of sex: A critical examination of gender verification and the Caster Semenya controversy Cooky, C. & Dworkin, S. L. · 50, 103–111 208 citations Journal of Sex Research ↗ 2013 Peer-reviewedWomen play sports, but not on TV: A longitudinal study of televised news Cooky, C., Messner, M. A. & Hextrum, R. · 1, 203–231 678 citations Communication & Sport ↗ 2012 Peer-reviewedPlaying but losing: Women's sports after Title IX Cooky, C. & LaVoi, N. M. · 11(1), 42–46 111 citations Contexts ↗ 2012 Peer-reviewedSport, sex segregation, and sex testing: Critical reflections on this unjust marriage Dworkin, S. L. & Cooky, C. · 12(7), 1–3 56 citations American Journal of Bioethics ↗ 2012 Peer-reviewedSuccess without honor: Cultures of silence and the Penn State scandal Cooky, C. · 12, 328–331 Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies ↗ 2012 EssayWoman enough to win? Cooky, C. & Dworkin, S. L. · August 10 The Society Pages ↗ 2010 ReportGender in televised sports news and highlights shows, 1989–2009 Messner, M. A. & Cooky, C. 294 citations USC Center for Feminist Research ↗ 2010 Peer-reviewedIt's not about the game: Don Imus, race, class, gender and sexuality in contemporary media Cooky, C., Wachs, F. L., Messner, M. A. & Dworkin, S. L. · 27(2), 139–159 254 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2009 Peer-reviewed"Girls just aren't interested": The social construction of interest in girls' sport Cooky, C. · 52(2), 259–283 235 citations Sociological Perspectives ↗ 2005 Peer-reviewedIf you let me play: Young girls' insider-other narratives of sport Cooky, C. & McDonald, M. G. · 22(2), 158–177 129 citations Sociology of Sport Journal ↗ 2003 Peer-reviewedSilence, sports bras, and wrestling porn: Women in televised sports news and highlights shows Messner, M. A., Duncan, M. C. & Cooky, C. · 27(1), 38–51 354 citations Journal of Sport and Social Issues ↗

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