Dr. Undrah Baasanjav
Associate Professor
Office Phone: (618) 650-5687
Email: ubaasan@siue.edu
Book Website: Information Society and Media Development in Modern Mongolia
About
I am a teacher-scholar and taught media classes at four universities. My research explores online education, digital television transition, internet governance, and media development in Mongolia. I am a Fulbright Scholar who believes in international experience and exposure to diverse viewpoints and cultural experiences.
Education
Ph.D. Ohio University Athens, OH
M.A. Ohio University, Athens, OH
M.Sc. Novosibirsk State Technological University, Russia
Selected Research
Book
Baasanjav, U. (2025). Information Society and Media Development in Modern Mongolia. Amsterdam University Press.
Journal Articles
Baasanjav, U., Nielsen, P.E., & Myagmar, M. (2024). Patronage Media in Post-Communist Mongolia. Central European Journal of Communication. https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.17.2(36).573
Baasanjav, U. (2020, July). Social Media and Credibility: Civil Society Organizations in Mongolia. SMSociety’20: International Conference on Social Media and Society, 230–237. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3400806.3400833
Baasanjav, U., Fernback, J., & Pan, X. (2019). A critical discourse analysis of privacy and the human flesh search engine. Media Asia 46 (1-2), 18-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2019.1626116
Baasanjav, U. (2017). Language rights and international domain names. Journal of Cyber Policy 2 (3), 377-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/23738871.2017.1402941
Baasanjav, U. (2017). The media convergence blog project. Teaching Media Quarterly 5 (1). https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/tmq/article/view/646/640
Baasanjav, U. (2016). The public interest and transition to digital television in Mongolia. International Journal of Digital Television, 7 (1). 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdtv.7.1.7_1
Baasanjav, U. (2014). Linguistic diversity on the Internet: Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic script top-level domain names. Telecommunications Policy, 38 (11), 961-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2014.03.005
Baasanjav, U. (2013). Incorporating the experiential learning cycle into online classes. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 9 (4), 575-589. https://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no4/baasanjav_1213.pdf
Baasanjav, U. (2011). Web use patterns for civic discourse: The case of Mongolian institutions. Information, Communication, and Society, 14 (5), 591-618. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2010.513416
Baasanjav, U. (2008). Mediated political and social participation: The case study of the Mongolian government and civil society institutions. The Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 4 (3), 41-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331680801915041
Royse P., Lee J., Baasanjav U., Hopson M. & Consalvo M. (2007). Women and games: Technologies of the gendered self. New Media and Society, 9 (4), 555-576. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444807080322
Courses Taught
FST 101: First Semester Transition
MC 201 Media and Society
MC 327 Design and Writing for Digital Media
MC 441 Advanced Writing and Design for Digital Media
MC 451 Research Methods
MC 455 Media Ethics
MC 456 Identity and Emerging Media
MC 500 Communication Theory
