2.2.3 Word processing and desktop publishing

Social and ethical issues

Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of word processing and desktop publishing (DTP). These may include:

Topic 71: effects of DTP on the right to publish, for example, freedom of the press, free exchange of ideas by HeeJun

Topic 72: economic effects of DTP on business by Vaibhav Bhandari

Topic 73: intellectual property issues associated with reproduction and/or transformation of digitized text by Dwarkesh

Topic 74: effects of word processing and DTP on the workplace, for example, job loss, deskilling, surveillance by no one yet

Topic 75: ergonomics/health impacts of word processing and DTP in the workplace by no one yet

Topic 76: social impact of speech-enabled input/output by Tomer

Knowledge of technology

In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of word processing and desktop publishing, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:

Topic 77: Key terms by Andrew
formatting, template, spell check, grammar check, ASCII/unicode, PDF, RTF, text

Topic 78: word processing versus page layout by Nitish Gautam

Topic 79: appropriate use of templates by no one yet

Topic 80: effective use of word processing functions to streamline production of documents by Joseph

Topic 81: use of appropriate fonts, white space and line spacing to create output that communicates effectively by Sung-Hwan Chun