Dr. Thakur columns 2019 – 2020

1.  Thakur, S (2020) Have Apps Changed the World, Voices360, 06 July 2020 Available in: https://www.voices360.com/technology/have-apps-changed-the-world-50470190
2. Thakur, S (2020) “Behold Flashmobs as you snurf the net”, Pretoria News, 09 June 2020 Available in: https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/pretoria-news/20200609/281689732045251 (Published on 09 June 2020 and appeared in Cape Time, Pretoria News and Daily News)
3. Thakur, S (2020) ‘When democracy becomes contactless’, Voices360, 07 June 2020 Available in: https://www.voices360.com/cities/when-democracy-becomes-contactless-49080804
4. Thakur, S (2020) “Memes useful for drawing attention”, Cape Times, 24 June 2020 Available in: https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=Memes%20useful%20for%20drawing%20attention&newspapers=6402&start=2020-6-24&stop=2020-6-24&hideSimilar=1&type=3&state=4
5.  Thakur, S (2020) Nifty way to use what’s in the pantry, The Mercury, 07 April 2020 https://www.pressreader.com/article/281694026894365
6. Thakur, S (2020) Not on my Watch, Voices360, 20 January 2020 https://www.voices360.com/self/not-on-my-watch-40908657
7.  Peters, W. & Thakur, S (2019) Digital Narcissism and the Pressures of Social Media, The Mercury, 17 October 2019 and 9 other print newspapers across South Africa. https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/pretoria-news/20191017/281685436613263
8. Thakur, S (2019) Women in ICT, Voices360, 15 August 2019 https://www.voices360.com/economy/women-in-ict-30811273

Research

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Media Columns

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Media online

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Innovate Durban https://www.innovate.durban/blog/

Dr Thakur’s articles and online interviews

• First responders need digital support in crises like Tropical Cyclone Idai https://www.voices360.com/community-development/first-responders-need-digital-support-in-crises-like-tropical-cyclone-idai-21161187
• The Chalice that is Opportunity https://www.innovate.durban/2018/10/05/the-chalice-that-is-opportunity/
• Wearable technology helps to reinforce good behaviour https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/opinion/wearable-technology-helps-reinforce-good-behaviour-12590184
• Developing the Digital Economy https://www.voices360.com/developing-the-digital-economy/
• My Personal assistant is digital https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/opinion/opinion-my-personal-assistant-is-digital-12853928
• When “contacts leak” matric results https://www.voices360.com/when-contacts-leak-matric-results/
• Sharenting https://www.voices360.com/sharenting/
• Thinking about International Women’s Day https://www.voices360.com/thinking-about-international-womens-day/
• Seeking a better way to queue https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/opinion/seeking-a-better-way-to-queue-14472339
• The graduation ceremony https://www.voices360.com/the-graduation-ceremony/
• Online Vigilantism https://www.voices360.com/online-vigilantism-using-internet-sleuths-to-find-the-moses-mabhida-stadium-soccer-hooligans/
• The dangers of Digilantism https://omny.fm/shows/capetalk/the-dangers-of-digilantism
• Innovative Durban: When One Door Opens https://www.innovatedbn.co.za/2018/07/05/when-one-door-opens/