Jeremy G. Butler

Professor of Telecommunication & Film

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1982.

Dr. Butler's research centers on the process of signification in film and television. He particularly is concerned with the ways that genres structure meaning and the function of star images within film/TV texts. He also written on the semiotics of visual style in a variety of cinematic and televisual contexts.

Representative Publications

Butler, J. G. (2007). Television: Critical methods and applications, 3rd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Butler, J. G. (2001). VR in the ER: ER's use of e-media. Screen, 42, 313-331.

Butler, J. G. (Ed.). Star texts: Image and performance in film and television. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.