The Visiocracy of the Social Security Mobile App in Australia

This paper examines the forms of life established through the visual governance of the Australian social security mobile app (application)—the Express Plus Centrelink app. It is argued that the app exceeds established accounts of juridical and administrative power. The app involves a seeing that is...

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Published in:International journal for the semiotics of law = Revue internationale de sémiotique juridique 2017-09, Vol.30 (3), p.495-514
Main Authors: Sleep, Lyndal, Tranter, Kieran
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