Category Archives: Social Media

Mongolian Pop Culture: Live from UB

Posted on April 2, 2013 by JDierkes

Lauren Knapp recently sent us this description of her project on contemporary Mongolian music: Documentary filmmaker, Lauren Knapp spent most of 2012 living in Ulaanbaatar attending just about every rock concert she could. She was researching and filming her forthcoming … Continue reading →

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Mongolia Focus This Year

Posted on January 2, 2013 by JDierkes

A quick overview of the traffic to the Mongolia Today blog in 2012. Nearly 45,000 pages were viewed by over 16,000 unique visitors. Continue reading →

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Mongolia this Year

Posted on December 30, 2012 by JDierkes

It’s been quite a year for Mongolia in that the rest of the world paid some attention to Mongolia, at least in punctuated bursts… Mongolia in the News Rapid Growth The news item that probably attracted most international attention was … Continue reading →

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New Blog: The Mongolist

Posted on October 15, 2012 by JDierkes

Brian White has begun blogging to share his insights into Mongolian political and social developments. Continue reading →

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Blogging Election News

Posted on July 2, 2012 by JDierkes

Some indications as to the effectiveness of blogging about the Mongolian parliamentary elections. Continue reading →

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Getting Yelled at Over Election Results

Posted on June 30, 2012 by JDierkes

Earlier today, two Tweeps were clearly upset about some part of my tweets about our estimate of the seat distribution for the Mongolian parliament. D Amarbayasgalan whose Twitter profile identifies him as a local MPRP director, wrote, шал худлаа прогноз байна … Continue reading →

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Parties vs. Individual Candidates

Posted on June 23, 2012 by JDierkes

Campaign strategies focusing on individual candidates in outdoor advertising and party votes in media advertising. Continue reading →

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Монголын Жиргээчдэд hashtag-ыг санал болгох нь

Posted on April 15, 2012 by D.Byambajav

Сүүлийн хэдэн жилд Монголд жиргээчдийн хүрээ өргөжжээ. Улс төрчид жиргээчдийн эгнээнд нэгдэн, нээлттэй хэлэлцүүлэгт ч оролцох болж. Миний хувьд Твиттерээр Монголын улс төрийн тухай мэдээлэл авахад маш дөхөмтэй байдаг. Харин Монголын жиргээчид hashtag төдийлэн хэрэглэдэггүй бололтой. Энэ нь жиргээчдийн мэтгэлцээн, … Continue reading →

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Hashtags for Vibrant Mongolian Twitterverse

Posted on April 14, 2012 by JDierkes

I am proposing to use #mngpoli as hashtag marking tweets about Mongolian politics. Continue reading →

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“Mongolia Today” in 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by JDierkes

A quick look back at the Mongolia Today blog in 2011. Continue reading →

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