Patronage Media in Post-Communist Mongolia

• Authors: Undrah Baasanjav , Poul Erik Nielsen , Munkhmandakh Myagmar

Abstracts

EN

We provide a historically informed analysis of the media in post-communist Mongolia thirty years after the transition. In 1990, Mongolia chose a peaceful transition towards liberal democracy following the seventy years of the communist regime.  Our analysis first establishes that amid the challenges and changes since the new constitution was adopted, a plural and commercial media system has undeniably been established. However, only a few established themselves as independent media with editorial, business, and ethical norms.  While the plurality of media outlets created a media landscape aberrant from the socialist-time propagandistic media, the media market failures, along with rudimentary legal and professional institutions, contributed to the media instrumentalization and media capture in Mongolia.

Keywords

EN

media capture; instrumentalization of media; Mongolian media; market failures

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
• Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2(36)
• Pages: 247-267

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Undrah Baasanjav

• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000000210883092

author

Poul Erik Nielsen

• University of Aarhus, Denmark

• https://orcid.org/0000000229882540

author

Munkhmandakh Myagmar

• Press Institute of Mongolia, Mongolia

• https://orcid.org/000900076600672X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.51480/1899-5101.17.2(36).573

Biblioteka Nauki

41456230