Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1957 |
| Journal | Professions and Professionalism |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISSN | 1893-1049 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
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How has the emergence of digital culture affected professional magic? / Rissanen, Olli; Pitkänen, Petteri; Juvonen, Antti; Räihä, Pekka; Kuhn, Gustav; Hakkarainen, Kai.
In: Professions and Professionalism , Vol. 7, No. 3, 1957, 2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - How has the emergence of digital culture affected professional magic?
AU - Rissanen, Olli
AU - Pitkänen, Petteri
AU - Juvonen, Antti
AU - Räihä, Pekka
AU - Kuhn, Gustav
AU - Hakkarainen, Kai
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We examined how the emerging digital culture has affected magicians’ careers, the development of their expertise and the general practices of their professions. We used social network analysis (n=120) to identify Finland’s most highly regarded magicians (n=16) representing different generations. The participants were theme interviewed and also collected self-report questionnaire data. The results revealed that digital transformations have strongly affected the magical profession in terms of changing their career paths and entry into the profession. Magic used to be a secretive culture, where access to advanced knowledge was controlled by highly regarded gatekeepers who shared their knowledge with a selected group of commit-ted newcomers as a function of their extended efforts. Openly sharing magical knowledge on the Internet has diminished the traditionally strong role of these gate-keepers. Although online tutorials have made magical know-how more accessible to newcomers, professional communities and networks play a crucial role in the cultivation of advanced professional competences.
AB - We examined how the emerging digital culture has affected magicians’ careers, the development of their expertise and the general practices of their professions. We used social network analysis (n=120) to identify Finland’s most highly regarded magicians (n=16) representing different generations. The participants were theme interviewed and also collected self-report questionnaire data. The results revealed that digital transformations have strongly affected the magical profession in terms of changing their career paths and entry into the profession. Magic used to be a secretive culture, where access to advanced knowledge was controlled by highly regarded gatekeepers who shared their knowledge with a selected group of commit-ted newcomers as a function of their extended efforts. Openly sharing magical knowledge on the Internet has diminished the traditionally strong role of these gate-keepers. Although online tutorials have made magical know-how more accessible to newcomers, professional communities and networks play a crucial role in the cultivation of advanced professional competences.
KW - 516 Educational sciences
KW - Digital culture
KW - professional magicians
KW - gatekeeping
KW - professionalism
KW - expertise
KW - internet
U2 - 10.7577/pp.1957
DO - 10.7577/pp.1957
M3 - Article
VL - 7
JO - Professions and Professionalism
JF - Professions and Professionalism
SN - 1893-1049
IS - 3
M1 - 1957
ER -