Word Processing VS Desk Top Publishing

“Has the introduction of DTP been a positive step for society?”

Read and refer to Computer Confluence pages 187 - 133

This web site has everything you ever wanted to know about typewriters (but were afraid to ask)

Here's another site with way too much information about old typewriters and some lovely pictures of old typwriters

This wiki entry gives lots of information on the history of DTP

Great Debate Preparation:

“Has the introduction of DTP been a positive step for society?”

Sardinia (Kallman 1996) is an imaginary dictatorship. The President has banned the use of DTP hardware and software by private citizens. He wishes to control the Press in his country.

He agrees with the following quote:

“FREEDOM OF THE PRESS belongs to the person who owns one.” (A.J. Liebling)

In groups of four Choose ONE of the following roles

Title	Description
President of Sardinia	a dictator who does not agree with freedom of the press
Sardinia resident	disagrees with the President, believes people have a right to express their own views
Typesetter at Sardinia Press	an employee at Sardinia Press who has been deskilled and is now unemployed
Manager Sardinia Press	believes that the introduction of DTP has been an overall positive step for his business

Write a half page argument with supporting evidence.

Use the following websites to help you:

1. Freedom of the press: this wiki entry gives lots of information to prepare your case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press

2. Effects of WP and DTP on the workplace, eg job loss, deskilling

Dead medium: Typesetters: a Dead Class of Media Workers
http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/40/406.html


3. The advantages and disadvantages of introducing WP and DTP into the workplace.

Desktop Publishing and Your Business By Melanie L. Drak

Desktop Publishing is Neither
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrwizard/web/dtp.html

information reproduced from http://www.senri.ed.jp/departments/itgs2/WP_DTP.html