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.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Mongolia
- 2. Media Development: From Socialist to Social Media
- 3. Economic Reality: Mining, Debt, Media, and Information Markets
- 4. Media Law and Regulation in a Digital Age
- 5. Civil Society and Young People’s Media
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- List of Figures
- Figure 1.1. The number of users of phones, internet, and mobile phones in Mongolia, 1995–2020
- Figure 3.1. Foreign debt in million US dollars (2000–20) based on data retrieved from Bank of Mongolia
- Figure 3.2. The mining sector’s direct investment and GDP contribution amounts (in million US dollars)
- Figure 3.3. Direct investment and GDP contribution amounts (in million US dollars) of the ICT sector
- Figure 5.1. Common social media use purposes of students
- Figure 5.2. Actions taken by students invoked by information on social media
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