Abstract:

The aim of this research is to produce a study that will guide sports clubs and organizations to use photos and videos without harming and abuse children and to prepare regulations for the correct usage of images in child sports. In this study, document analysis technique from the qualitative research methods was used. For this purpose, the relevant regulations and practices of major national and international sports organizations which has implementation about child safeguarding in sports were examined in terms of general situation, basic principles, risks and measures in the usage of photography and video. Regulations on correct usage of photography and video of 16 different sports organizations from England, Ireland, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand were included. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis method. The findings show that in the use of photography and video policies implemented by national and international sports organizations, precautions are taken to ensure that permission is sought from parents to use children's images, that personal information of children is not included in image sharing, and that inappropriate angles in photographs and video shoots are avoided. Finally, these policies ban the recording of images in locker rooms, health rooms etc. and it is forbidden to enter these areas with phones etc. that can record images. 

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