Desktop Computing Workbook: A Guide for Using 15 Programs in Macintosh and Windows Formats (Mass Communication) [Paperback]

Paul Martin Lester (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 1995 | ISBN-10: 053450566X | ISBN-13: 978-0534505660 | Edition: 1

This book combines coverage of desktop design aesthetics and computer program basics with practical workbook assignments. It discusses 15 different programs in both Macintosh and Windows formats (including basic instructions for using CorelDraw, Director, Excel, FreeHand, HyperCard, Illustrator, Lotus 1-2-3, Netscape, PageMaker, Persuasion, Photoshop, PowerPoint, QuarkXPres, Word, and WordPerfect).

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About the Author

Paul Martin Lester is a tenured, full professor of Communications at California State University, Fullerton. After receiving an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and working as a photojournalist for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Lester received his Master's from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. from Indiana University in mass communications. He is the author or editor of: Visual Journalism: A Guide for New Media Professionals (with Christopher R. Harris), Images that Injure Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media, Second Edition (with Susan Ross), Visual Communication Images with Messages Third Edition, Desktop Computing Workbook, Photojournalism An Ethical Approach, and The Ethics of Photojournalism.. In addition, Lester has published numerous articles in major communications' journals. He has given keynote speeches, panel discussions, presentations and workshops throughout the United States and in Australia, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Lester's areas of expertise include e-learning, photojournalism practice, mass media and professional ethics, desktop and Internet publishing, visual communications, and new communications technologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 1 edition (December 13, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 053450566X
• ISBN-13: 978-0534505660
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,240,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Martin Lester is a tenured, full professor of communications at California State University, Fullerton.

After an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and employment as a photojournalist for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Lester received a Master's from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. from Indiana University in mass communications.

He is the author or editor of several books including: Images that Injure Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media Third Edition with Susan Ross (2011), Visual Communication Images with Messages Fifth Edition (2010), On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes (2010), Visual Journalism: A Guide for New Media Professionals with Chris Harris (2002), Desktop Computing Workbook A Guide for Using 15 Programs in Macintosh and Windows Formats (1996) and Photojournalism An Ethical Approach (1991).

He also co-wrote a monthly column, "Ethics Matters" for News Photographer magazine for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA).

In 2006 Lester became editor of the Visual Communication Quarterly, a publication of the Visual Communication Division of the AEJMC and Taylor & Francis. He is also an elected member of the PF&R committee for the AEJMC.
Lester has given speeches, presentations, and workshops throughout the United States and in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Spain, and Sweden.

His research interests include mass media ethics, new communications technologies, and visual communications.