Faye Mercier is a graduate of the Research Masters in Media Studies programme at the University of Amsterdam. With a specialisation in television and cross-media culture, her work focuses on the media industries of Ireland, Japan, and South Korea, paying particular attention to both the sociocultural implications and the socioeconomic resonances of various media content. Prior to her graduate studies she obtained a degree in Film Studies from Trinity College Dublin, where she was first introduced to the study of Irish media. In recent years she has analysed Brexit as a media phenomenon, paying particular attention to discussions and depictions of the “Irish Border Problem”. Alongside an interest in representations of Ireland on screen, she has also researched diverse topics such as K-Pop, K-Dramas, and reality television.