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 
7 of 18
- ”Leiki pöpiä – Kalle parantaa”: Kalle kotipsykiatri -tietokoneohjelma tekoälyn popularisoijana 1980-luvulla (2019)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2019 (2019) Arjoranta Jonne, Friman Usva, Koskimaa Raine, Mäyrä Frans, Sotamaa Olli, Suominen Jaakko
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Viisi vinkkiä tuottavampaan tutkimukseen? (2019)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Yhdessä yksin (2019)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Coding skills as a success factor for a society (2018)
- Education and Information Technologies
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Digitaalisen kilpapelaamisen esihistoriaa Suomessa 1980-luvulta 1990-luvun puoliväliin (2018)
- Pelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Epäonnistunut yritys suomalaisen digitaalisen peliteollisuuden käynnistämiseksi: Amersoft 1984–1986 (2018)
- Lähikuva
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hybrid Social Play Final Report (2018) Paavilainen Janne, Heljakka Katriina, Arjoranta Jonne, Kankainen Ville, Lahdenperä Linda,
Koskinen Elina, Kinnunen Jani, Sihvonen Lilli, Nummenmaa Timo, Mäyrä Frans, Koskimaa Raine, Suominen Jaakko
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Incorporating Curator, Collector and Player Credibilities: Crowdfunding Campaign for the Finnish Museum of Games and the Creation of Game Heritage Community (2018)
- Kinephanos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Muistojen universumit (2018)
- Settentrione: Nuova Serie
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
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