Privacy and app use in Australian primary schools: insights into school-based Internet governance

Media International Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 78-89

  Rennie, Ellie ^a   Schmieder, Kathrin ^a   Thomas, Julian ^a   Howard, Sarah K ^b   Ma, Jun ^b   Yang, Jack ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

apps; digital inclusion; education technology; governmentality; Internet governance; one to one devices; platforms; privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062448204     PISSN: 1329878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1329878X19828368     Document Type: Article

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