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 
8 of 18
- Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2018 (2018) Koskimaa Raine, Arjoranta Jonne, Friman Usva, Mäyrä Frans, Sotamaa Olli, Suominen Jaakko
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Smelling Machine History Olfactory Experiences of Information Technology (2018)
- Technology and Culture
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Soveltavasta kulttuurintutkimuksesta hybridihumanismiin (2018) Soveltava kulttuurintutkimus Suominen Jaakko
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Stigma Avoidance through Visual Contextualization: Adult Toy Play on Photo Sharing Social Media (2018)
- New Media and Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Three Waves of Awkwardness: A Meta-analysis of Sex in Game Studies (2018)
- Games and Culture
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tuijotusta, tarkkailua ja osallistumista – Digitaalisen pelaamisen ja tietokoneiden käytön katsominen kuvissa 1980-luvulta 1990-luvulle (2018)
- Ennen ja nyt : Historian tietosanomat
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ennen ja nyt 1/2017: Pelit ja historia (2017) Suominen Jaakko, Sivula Anna, Fewster Derek
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Gamification of Digital Gaming – Video Game Competitions and High Score Tables as Prehistory of E-Sports in Finland in the 1980s and Early 1990s (2017)
- CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - How to Present the History of Digital Games: Enthusiast, Emancipatory, Genealogical and Pathological Approaches (2017)
- Games and Culture
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nappuloita, nuppeja, vetimiä ja kytkimiä: aistimellinen retki teknologian kulttuurihistoriaan (2017) Miten Suomesta tuli tekniikan maa Suominen Jaakko
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
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