Deborah Jaramillo
Assistant Professor, Film & Television at Boston University
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Dr. Jaramillo is Assistant Professor of Film & Television. Her research focuses on the collision and coexistence of politics, culture and aesthetics in media (particularly in television). Her first book, Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept (Indiana University Press, 2009), approaches cable news coverage from the perspective of film and television studies rather than journalism, and seeks to dispel the notion that the news is somehow divorced from the rest of television programming. She has contributed chapters to Television: The Critical View, 7th edition _and The Survival of Soap Opera: TV Daytime Drama’s Histories and Futures and has published articles in_Television and New Media, Critical Studies in Television,_and _Journal of Communication Inquiry. Her most recent publications include “Narcocorridos and Newbie Drug Dealers: The Changing Image of Mexican Narcos on US Television” for Ethnic and Racial Studies, “AMC: Stumbling Toward a New Television Canon” for Television and New Media, and “9/11 as Real Estate Tragedy: Selling New York and the Future of the Financial District” for Critical Studies in Television: An International Journal of Television Studies. Her current book project focuses on the self-regulation of the television industry in the early 1950s.
A two-time Ford Fellow, Jaramillo sits on the board of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) and the feminist media studies organization, Console-ing Passions, and is an active member of the Communication Research Center. In addition to being a scholar, she is an avid and unapologetic fan of television, film and video games.
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The Changing Face of TV Anchors
January 15, 2018
New Bay Media B&C Deborah Lynn Jaramillo Anchoring his State of the Union program on CNN Jan. 7, Jake Tapper’s frustration threatened to bubble over multiple times as he sparred with Stephen Miller, senior policy adviser to President Donald Trump… Expert quote: View full article
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CBS All Access puts up a ‘Good Fight’ in the streaming battle
April 11, 2017
Boston Herald Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication “When the other three major television networks invested in Hulu, CBS decided to tackle TV streaming on its own with CBS All Access…” Expert quote: “CBS has some of the most popular programs on broadcast…” View full article.
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‘Pivot’ was made for me and soon it will be gone
August 29, 2016
The Boston Globe Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication We have just a few months left with Pivot, sometimes known as the Joseph Gordon-Levitt channel, the “Friday Night Lights” channel, or “that channel with all of the sad commercials about abused dogs”… Expert quote: Jaramillo says Pivot may have been too specific with its mission, just […]
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Networks Hope Crime Continues to Pay
April 18, 2016
Broadcasting & Cable Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication After the success of O.J. series—and ‘The Jinx’ and ‘Making a Murderer’—true crime is all the rage… Expert quote: “This cluster of programs all targeting higher-end demos seems to have triggered a cycle, wherein a story with built-in audience recognition can be packaged as ‘quality,’ rather than […]
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‘Walking’ Away Empty-Handed
February 12, 2016
Broadcasting & Cable Deborah Jarmillo, College of Communication It’s awards season and all, and the mid-season premiere of The Walking Dead airs Sunday on AMC… Expert quote: “Critics aren’t necessarily keen to align themselves with popular shows. Popular equals bad. But a show like Rectify with maybe a handful of viewers—all masochists (myself included)—makes must-watch […]
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As cable’s clout wanes, MLB teams could take a hit
February 1, 2016
Providence Journal Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication The ultimately unfulfilled promise of extraordinary riches through subscription television revenues was part of what drove the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958… Expert quote: “We still have enough older people who are set in their ways, they need their NESN, they need their cable, and […]
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For TV’s Greatest Producer, These Are the Days
January 19, 2016
Broadcasting & Cable Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication Norman Lear isn’t yet done leaving his mark on the world… Expert quote: “The fact that a 20-something grad student is doing original research on Lear speaks precisely to his legacy.” View full article
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At Midseason, Streaming ‘Mindy’ Projects as Keeper
December 14, 2015
Broadcasting & Cable Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication As The Mindy Project enjoys a midseason break on Hulu, it’s a good time to examine how the former broadcast comedy is holding up in its new home… Expert quote: “There’s just a different vibe that’s attached to a show that isn’t considered successful on a network, and […]
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Jon Hamm finally wins first Emmy for ‘Mad Men’
September 21, 2015
AFP Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication In the final episode of “Mad Men,” Don Draper appears to have come up with the perfect ad for Coca-Cola… Expert quote: “Hamm s interpretation of Don Draper was significant because his own unique look and style made Draper sympathetic and even likable, even though he was a despicable character. Draper […]
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With more choices than ever, cable shows redefine success for TV
June 3, 2015
Deseret News Deborah Jaramillo, College of Communication It’s impossible to talk about the rise of cable original programming without mentioning AMC’s “Mad Men.”… Expert quote: “There’s been this reconceptualization of the value of the audience and the composition of that audience rather than just the number of eyeballs watching. The audience is being used in […]
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