xiiiAbbreviations: a selectionNT National Th eatre
NUJ National Union of Journalists (UK)
NWIO New World Information Order
OB Outside Broadcast
OCR Optical Character Recognition
Ofcom Offi ce of Communications (UK)
OVP Online Video Platform
PA Press Association (UK)
PC Politically Correct; Personal Computer
PCC Press Complaints Commission (UK)
PDF Portable Document Format
PEN Poets/Playwrights/Editors/Essayists/Novelists: Pen International
PII Public Interest Immunity
PKC Public Key Cryptography
PLR Public Lending Rights
PR Public Relations
PSB Public Service Broadcasting
PSI Parasocial Interaction
PSN Public Switched Network
P2P Peer-to-Peer
RAJAR Radio Joint Audience Research (UK)
RI Reaction Index
RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (UK)
RP Received Pronunciation
rpm revolutions per minute
RSA Repressive State Apparatus
RSF Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders)
RSI Repetitive Strain Injury
RSS Rich Site Summary; Really Simple Syndication
SEO Search Engine Optimization
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SMS Short Message Service
SXSW South by South West
SYNCOM Synchronous Communication Satellite
TAM Television Audience Measurement
TBDF Trans-Border Data Flow
TNC Transnational Corporation
TTL Th rough Th e Lens
UDC Universal Decimal Classifi cation
UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UHR Ultra High Frequency
UNESCO United Nations Educational Cultural & Scientifi c Organization
UNI Union Network International
URL Uniform Resource Locator
VDU Visual Display Unit
VHF Very High Frequency
VHS Video Home System
VR Virtual Reality
WELL Whole Earth Lectronic Link (US)
WPFC World Press Freedom Committee
WSET Writers & Scholars International Trust
www World Wide Web