Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies, 8th edition

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AA Advertising Association
AAP Association of American Publishers
ABA Australian Broadcasting Authority
AFDC Australian Film Development Corporation
AFP Agence France-Presse
AI Amnesty International
AIJ Association of Investigative Journalists
ALCS Author’s Lending & Copyright Society
AOL America On Line
AP Associated Press
AR Audience Research
ASA Advertising Standards Authority


BAFTA British Association of Film & TV Arts
BARB Broadcasters Audience Research Board
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BFI British Film Institute
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BMIG British Media Industry Group
BSkyB British Sky Broadcasting
BT British Telecom


CCTV Closed-circuit Television
CD Compact Disc
CDN Content Delivery Network
CIR Copyright Infringement Report
CMC Computer Mediated Communication
CMCS Computer Mediated Communication Systems
CPBF Campaign for Press & Broadcasting Freedom
CPJ Campaign to Protect Journalists
CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
CPU Central Processing Unit
CSCW Computer-supported Cooperative Work
CSS Content Scrambling System
CTR Click Th rough Rate


DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DBS Direct Broadcasting Satellite
DIT Digital Imaging Technology
DMB Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
DoS Denial of Service
DP Data Processing
DVB-S Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite
DVB-T Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial
DVD Digital Video Disc


EBU European Broadcasting Union


Abbreviations: a selection

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