[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.
He has written on various subjects including television, Miami Vice, and film scholar Chuck Kleinhans.
[5] He also authored the textbook Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture.
[6] He hosts the show All Things Acoustic on Alabama Public Radio.