This article identifies the apps that are most frequently used in 148 Australian primary schools and categorises them by their stated treatment of identifiable information. Rather than providing a legal analysis, we use this as evidence of Internet governance insofar as it illuminates the influence of the education sector on the behaviour of technology companies. Teachers’ decision-making in the selection of apps is far from uniform, making individual guardian consent an inadequate approach to the protection of children. The failure of consent leads to other legal and self-regulatory approaches through which the state and technology companies together recreate the school’s role as administrator over the conduct and formation of future digital citizens.
This article reflects on the decision-making process concerning the content criteria for the inclusion of amateur photographs in the news. The concept of news values gives an insight into this practice. I ask what content criteria amateur photographs convey that news media workers perceive as valuable, and which additional process-related characteristics are important. The findings show that the sourcing of amateur photographs largely follows traditional news values such as unpredictability, amplitude, conflict and negativity. They also reveal the importance of additional factors such as access and proximity. In addition, the article considers the relationship between the idea of high and low newsworthiness and the sourcing of amateur photographs, and shows that they are mainly applied at the ‘extreme ends of the news spectrum’. This important insight could be one of the keys to understanding how the professional news media adapt in the face of significant change in the media, and where the professional approach of assigning photographers is still relevant.
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