Jaakko Suominen
Ph.D., Professor of Digital Culture
jaasuo@utu.fi +358 29 450 3426 +358 50 328 9586 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1352-7699 |
Areas of expertise
Digital Culture, Cultural History of Media and Information Technology, Game Cultures, Social Media History, Game Historiography, History Cultures, Retro Gaming
Digital Culture, Cultural History of Media and Information Technology, Game Cultures, Social Media History, Game Historiography, History Cultures, Retro Gaming
Biography
Jaakko Suominen received his PhD in cultural history and is a professor of Digital Culture at
University of Turku, Finland. With a focus on cultural history of media and
information technologies, he has studied computers and popular media,
Internet, social media, digital games, and theoretical and
methodological aspects of the study of digital culture. He has lead several
multidisciplinary
research projects and has over 100 scholarly
publications.
Publications 
13 of 18
- Digital Cultures (2012)
- Technology and Culture
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Doueihi, Milad : Digital Cultures (kirja-arvio) (2012)
- Technology and Culture
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Leikkiä ikä kaikki (2012)
- Aurora
(E1 Popularised article) - Mario’s legacy and Sonic’s heritage : Replays and refunds of console gaming history (2012) Proceedings of DiGRA Nordic 2012 Suominen Jaakko
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2012 (2012)
- Pelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Playing with Pac-Man : a life and metamorphosis of a game cultural icon, 1980-2011 (2012) Applied Playfulness. Proceedings of the Vienna Games Conference 2011 : Future and Reality of Gaming Suominen Jaakko, Ala-Luopa Saara
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Proceedings of DiGRA Nordic 2012 (2012) Koskimaa Raine, Mäyrä Frans, Suominen Jaakko
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Retrogaming Community Memory and Discourses of Digital History (2012) Navigating Landscapes of Mediated Memory Suominen Jaakko
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Retrovaatiot : ajatuksia teknologian historian hyödyllisyydestä (2012)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tekivät tieteestä parempaa (2012)
- Kulttuurituotannon Ja Maisemantutkimuksen Julkaisut
- Kulttuurituotannon Ja Maisemantutkimuksen Julkaisut
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
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