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No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of the publishers A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-0208-4 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Text Production and Proofreading Sandra Anderson, Heather Bateman, Emma Harris, Katy McAdam A & C Black uses paper produced with elemental chlorine-free pulp, harvested from managed sustainable forests. Text typeset by A & C Black Printed in Italy by Legoprint Preface This dictionary provides a basic vocabulary of terms used in the media and entertainment industries. It is ideal for all students of Media Studies and related subjects, as well as those working for the first time in jobs such as journalism, radio and television production and advertising. Each headword is explained in clear, straightforward English and quotations from newspapers and specialist magazines show how the words are used in context. There are also supplements including an overview of media law, details of major national publications and a list of media resources on the Web. Thanks are due to Andrea Esser for her help and advice during the production of this book. Pronunciation Guide The following symbols have been used to show the pronunciation of the main words in the dictionary. Stress is indicated by a main stress mark ( ) and a secondary stress mark ( ) . Note that these are only guides, as the stress of the word changes according to its position in the sentence. Vowels Consonants back b buck ɑ harm d dead ɒ stop ðother a type d jump aυ how f fare aə hire gold aυə hour h head ɔ course j yellow ɔ annoy k cab ehead l leave eə fair m mix e make n nil eυ go ŋ sing word p print i keep r rest i happy s save ə about ʃ shop fit t take ə near tʃ change u annual θ theft u pool v value υ book w work υə tour x loch ' shut measure z zone MediaStudies.fm Page 1 Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:53 PM A A abbreviation amp advertising agency, for example an adver- A&R /e ənd ɑ / noun the section of a tisement in a magazine or a stand at a record company that tries to find new acts, trade fair above-the-title əbv ðə tat ə l works out contracts and copyright issues above-the-title / | ( ) / and generally protects their artists’ inter- adjective CINEMA relating to the credits ests. Full form Artists and Repertoire that appear before the title of a film, listing AB /e bi / noun the highest socio- the names of the starring actors, the direc- economic group, consisting of profes- tors and the producers abridge əbrd sionals with a high disposable income abridge / | / verb to make a text abbreviate əbri viet abbreviate / | / verb to make a shorter by reducing detail or cutting piece of text shorter sections out AB roll ABC abbreviation 1. Audit Bureau of AB roll /e bi rəυl/ noun a sequence Circulation 2. Australian Broad- of two video or music segments that are casting Corporation synchronised so that one fades as the AB deadline deadline /e bi dedlan/ abbre- second starts absolute cost viation advance booking deadline absolute cost /bsəlu t kɒst/ noun aberrant decoding berənt di the actual cost of placing an advertisement aberrant decoding / | | kəυdŋ/ noun an understanding of a in a magazine or other advertising media product by an audience which is medium not the one intended by its maker absolute time time /bsəlu t tam/ noun aberrant reading berənt ri dŋ aberrant reading / | / the length of time that an audio disc has noun an interpretation of a text which was been playing not the meaning which was intended when abstract data type data type /bstrkt detə the text was written tap/ noun a general data type that can aberration bəreʃ ə n aberration / | ( ) / noun store any kind of information Academy Award əkdəmi əwɔ d distortion of a television picture caused by Academy Award / | | / a corrupt signal or incorrect adjustment noun an award that the Academy of abjection /bdekʃ(ə)n/ noun the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the condition of, for example, a minority United States gives to particularly group, that has been cast out or expelled outstanding actors and many other above-the-fold əbv ðə fəυld workers in the film industry each year. above-the-fold /| / adjective 1. E-COMMERCE referring to the Also called Oscar acceleration factor əkseləreʃ ə n most valuable area of a webpage which acceleration factor / | | ( ) appears at the top of the screen so that the fktə/ noun the idea that increased effi- user does not have to scroll down to see it ciency in communication and transport 2. referring to the position of an important links speeds up the exchange of informa- story or photograph on the front page of a tion, which has an immediate impact on newspaper so that it is visible when the the media newspaper is folded accent /ksənt/ noun the way in which above-the-line advertising əbv above-the-line advertising / | a language is pronounced, which is char- ðə lan dvətazŋ/ noun advertising acteristic of a whole region, social group for which commission is paid to the or other community MediaStudies.fm Page 2 Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:53 PM access 2 access /kses/ noun the ability of the acid house house /sd haυs/ noun elec- public to question the actions and motives tronic disco music that was popular in the of major media companies. ı right of late 1980s, and is associated with the use reply of the drug ecstasy access controller kses kən acid jazz sd dz access controller / | acid jazz / / noun a mixture trəυlə/ noun an electronic device that of funk, jazz, and soul music that was transfers image data to a video controller developed in the 1980s accessed voices voices /ksesd vɔsz/ acid rock rock /sd rɒk/ noun a type of plural noun those people in a society who rock music that was popular in the late are given exposure by the media, for 1960s, with weird electronic instrumental example celebrities, politicians and effects suggestive of psychedelic experi- experts in various fields, whose views are ences ACORN not necessarily representative of the views ACORN /ekɔ n/ noun MARKETING a of society as a whole classification of residential areas into access head head /kses hed/ noun the categories, based on the type of people part of a disk drive that moves to a partic- who live in them, the type of houses, etc., ular part of the disk’s surface and reads much used in consumer research. Full information stored on the disk form a classification of residential access number number /kses nmbə/ neighbourhoods acoustic əku stk noun ONLINE the telephone number that a acoustic / | / adjective 1. refer- computer uses to establish a dial-up ring to sound 2. referring to a musical connection to an Internet service provider instrument or musical performance which or other network provider is not amplified accessory shoe əksesəri ʃu acoustic coupler əku stk kplə accessory shoe / | / noun acoustic coupler / | / PHOTOGRAPHY a bracket on a camera to noun a device that connects to a telephone which an accessory such as a flash unit handset, converting binary computer data may be fitted into sound signals to allow it to be trans- access panel panel /kses pn(ə)l/ noun mitted down a telephone line acoustic panel əku stk pn ə l a group of people that allows their televi- acoustic panel / | ( ) / sion watching habits to be monitored for noun a soundproof panel placed behind a research purposes.