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Brendan Reilly
Brendan Reilly is currently the radio course Leader at the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch, New Zealand. The focus of his research and publications has been on investigating how media has been reflecting or reinforcing national culture. In particular commercial radio’s role of promoting local identity in the face of overwhelming cultural content and control coming from two main centres of production, the United States and United Kingdom. He started his radio career in student radio and has been involved in the commercial radio industry for the past 21 years. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Media and Communications from the University of Canterbury in 2011. He is still a casual announcer on a local commercial radio station.