Jeremy G. Butler

Summary

Jeremy G. Butler (born 1954) is a scholar of television and film, an author, and radio show host on Alabama Public Radio. He is a professor emeritus of film studies at the University of Alabama. Butler has also taught at Northwestern University and the University of Arizona.[1] In 1991, he founded the still-active Screen-L mailing list for academic film and television studies.[2] Butler also created and maintains ScreenSite for film/TV studies and ScreenLex, a pronunciation guide.

His University of Alabama profile page says he has a B.A. from Brown University and received an M.A. and PhD from Northwestern University.[1]

Much of his work focuses on television studies. He has written on various subjects including television, Miami Vice, and film scholar Chuck Kleinhans.[3][4] He wrote a book on television style.[5] He also authored the textbook Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture.[6] He hosts the show All Things Acoustic on Alabama Public Radio.[7]

Bibliography edit

  • The Sitcom (2019)[8]
  • Television Style (2009)[9]
  • Television: Critical Methods and Applications, four editions 1994–2012, fifth edition 2018 retitled Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture [10]
  • Star Texts: Image and Performance in Film and Television (1992)[11]

External links edit

  • Official webpage
  • All Things Acoustic (radio show)
  • Screen-L (academic film and television mailing list)
  • ScreenSite (researching and teaching film, television and new media)
  • ScreenLex (pronunciation guide for media studies)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Jeremy Butler". Dr. Jeremy Butler. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Screen-L: Archives and Subscription Maintenance". Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Jeremy Butler – Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. ^ ""Imitation of Life"--Stahl and Sirk by Jeremy Butler". www.ejumpcut.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  5. ^ Salt, Barry (December 1, 2010). "Review of Jeremy G. Butler, Television Style". New Review of Film and Television Studies. 8 (4): 454–458. doi:10.1080/17400309.2010.514668. S2CID 191474579.
  6. ^ Butler, Jeremy G. (February 5, 2018). Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. Routledge. ISBN 9781351721899. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2020 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Jeremy Butler". www.apr.org. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  8. ^ "The Sitcom - 1st Edition - Jeremy G. Butler - Routledge Book". Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "Television Style - 1st Edition - Jeremy G. Butler - Routledge Book". Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Butler, Jeremy G. (2012). Television: Critical Methods and Applications. ISBN 9780415883276.
  11. ^ Zucker, Carole (July 1, 1992). "Review: Star Texts: Image and Performance in Film and Television by Jeremy G. Butler". Film Quarterly. 45 (4): 65–66. doi:10.2307/1212892. JSTOR 1212892 – via online.ucpress.edu.