I’m interested in pursuing research in the following areas: social and cultural implications of digital media, online gaming, new media technology, philosophy of new technology, gender theories in new media, digital divide, digital democracy, and media development in post-communist countries. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: Baasanjav, U. (2011). Web use patterns for civic discourse: The case of Mongolian institutions. Information, Communication, and Society. Baasanjav, U. (2007). Mediated Political and Social Participation: Examining the Use of the Internet by Mongolian Government and Civil Society Institutions. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 4 (3), 41-60. 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. Baasanjav, U. (2005). The Digital Divide in the Gobi Desert: spatiality, the collapse of national identity, and a language gap. Online Journal of Space Communication, n.5. Chapter in Peer-Reviewed Book: Baasanjav, U. (2011). Global Digital Divide: Language Gap and Post-communism in Mongolia. In M. Holzer, & A. Manoharan, (Eds.). E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy. IGI Global. Baasanjav, U. (in press). A review of the book Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture byT. L. Taylor. Explorations in Media Ecology Baasanjav, U. Online in Mongolia. Open Society News. Available at http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/mongolia/links/online.html Chess for Girls – Revisited Online. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Oct 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden. Digital Divide from the Perspectives of Developing Countries. A poster presentation at Global Temple Conference, Oct 2009. "Let’s Play Chess Online: Ethnographic and Qualitative Study of the International Chess Club." Paper presented at the Internet Research 8.0: Let's Play Conference, Vancouver, Canada, Oct 16-18, 2007. “Internet content and use in Mongolia: The information traffic pattern analysis of the web sites of governmental and civil society institutions.” Paper presented at the Global Fusion conference, Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2005, Athens, Ohio “The use of Internet movie trailers by Ohioans.” Paper presented at the Global Fusion conference, Sep 30 –
“Media framing and the legitimization of political alignment: The coverage of the WTO and the protest.” Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference,
“The Digital Divide in the
Baasanjav, U. (under review). "Home Cooking" with Computers: Chess, Women and the Internet.
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