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 
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- Smell of computer: Reminiscence of digital technological artefacts as a sensual experience (2010) Proceedings of 9th Annual IAS-STS Conference “Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies”, 2nd-4th May 2010 Suominen J
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Sublimated Attractions: The Introduction of Early Computers in Finland in the late 1950s as a Mediated Experience (2010)
- Media History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tekniikan Waiheita, Uusi vai vanha teknologia? -teemanumero (2010)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Uusia elämänmuotoja tarkastelemassa. Arvostelu kirjasta Mikkola, Kati: Tulevaisuutta vastaan. Uutuuksien vastustus, kansantiedon keruu ja kansakunnan rakentaminen (2010)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Yhdessä ja liikkeellä - mobiili sosiaalinen media. Kulttuurituotannon ja maisemantutkimuksen julkaisuja 21 (2010) Multisilta J, Mäenpää M, Suominen J (toim. )
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Computer Hobbyists and the Gaming Industry in Finland (2009)
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - IT Museums and Related Projects in the Nordic Countries Summary of a Panel Discussion (2009)
- IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
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