iif_kgpm_Dictionary_of_Media

Academy ratioers, and technical artists. Web site:www.oscars.orgAcademy ratio the ratio (1.33 to 1)of the width of a film frame to theheight of the frame, as standardizedby the Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences before thedevelopment of widescreen formatacceleration factor increasedefficiency in communicationstechnologies, which causes a moreimmediate impact of events upon themediaaccent distinctive manner in whicha language is pronounced, characteristiceither of individuals, a region,a social group, or some other communityaccess ability of people to view,investigate, or question the products,activities, or motives of major mediaoutlets and companiesaccess channel in cable television, anonbroadcast channel dedicated to localissues (for example, educational,governmental, among others)access controller 1. device thatmoves image data to a video controller;2. hardware that provides datalink connectivity for area networkproviders such as Ethernetaccess head disk drive component ofa computer that moves to a specificpart of the disk’s surface to read theinformation stored thereaccess number telephone numberdialed by a computer to link it to anInternet service provider or othertype of network provideraccess panel group monitored forresearch purposes so as to documenttheir television viewing habitsaccess provider [see Internet serviceprovider]access television television thatbroadcasts independently of statecontrols, usually with a small budgetand reaching a limited areaaccessed voices individuals who aregiven exposure by the media (celebrities,politicians, experts) becausetheir views are considered to bedistinctive or, at least, not necessarilyrepresentative of those of the generalpublicaccessing practice of including verbalquotations and taped interviewsfrom various media originating frompeople not employed by the mediaorganizationsaccessory shoe camera bracket towhich an accessory such as a flashunit may be attachedaccordion insert advertisementinserted in a magazine, folded in anaccordion styleacculturation adaptive process bywhich change in culture occurs whentwo or more societies (with their own6