This book provides an account of Mongolian information society from the perspective of critical media studies. The converged media sphere in modern Mongolia mirrors and shapes political communication, economic outlook, institutional norms, and Mongolian identity. When placing Mongolia on the global information society map, the arguments in the book juxtapose information society tenets and structural constraints like the small market, communist past, and mining-dependent economy. Today, people in Mongolia take advantage of the mobility, speed, and spatiality of the internet, as the Mongolians of old once saddled their horses and galloped across the grassy steps of Eurasia.

Undrah B. Baasanjav is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mass Communications at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She received a Ph.D. from Ohio University and has published over a dozen journal articles and book chapters on Mongolian media, online gaming, online education, and internet governance.

Information Society and Media Development in Modern Mongolia
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Mongolia
Chapter 2 - Media Development: From Socialist to Social Media
Chapter 3 - Economic Reality: Mining, Debt, Media, and Information Markets
Chapter 4 - Media Laws and Regulations in a Digital Age
Chapter 5 - Civil Society and Young People’s Media
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Index