Methodological issues of research on public consciousness of modern Mongolian youth

In this article the authors analyze the methodological problems of the research of public consciousness in the context of studying the Mongolian youth. It is noted that the modern understanding of the problem demands the new methodology, including as complication of the content of public consciousness, and also increase of parameters of the conducted sociological surveys. As a result it will allow to reveal the content and factors that influence on the nature and tendencies in the development of public consciousness of the modern Mongolian youth, and so, they are very important for understanding the social behavior the people of this region in the near future. The public consciousness is a system of social knowledge, values and beliefs, on which basis a stable relation of people to the issues of public life and certain models of social behavior are formed. The multitude of factors contributes to the formation of the social consciousness: high school, universities, family, mass media, local community. And therefore it is necessary to find out if the relationship of the young people with public institutions, educational institutions, their family and friends is fairly close.