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1	Changing the narratives of marginalised bodies - a study about body positivism Alentola, Anni Emilia January 2017 (has links) The purpose of this study is to explain and analyse the body positivity movement in the social media platform Instagram, as well as its empowering effects on women active in this movement. The phenomenon based on visuality, body positivism, has more than three million pictures on Instagram, hashtagged under two popular hashtags examined in this thesis: #bodypositivity and #bodypositive. The goal of this movement is to show diversity in the portrayal of women, as well as to encourage acceptance of all body types, skin colours and body flaws - especially marginalised bodies that are often invisible in the current society. The research is conducted with methods of visual content analysis and interviews with women participating in the body positivity movement. This study is framed in feminism theory and this study includes theories of gender-norms, Western beauty standards, the male gaze and questions about identity and body image. The results of this study show that most of the people participating in the movement are white women and are pictured often in their underwear. In the pictures hashtagged with body positivity related hashtags, there are, however, not that many flaws visible - such as cellulite or stretch marks. Nevertheless, after interviewing the women active in this movement - active as picture publishers, conversation holders and as body positive Instagram-user followers - this movement is empowering to the women and helps develop a positive body image and better self-esteem. In addition, this phenomenon can change the narratives of the people with marginalised bodies and modify the image of how women are represented and portrayed in society. body positivism beauty standards feminism social media Instagram Media Studies Medievetenskap
2	"Jag får vara tjock, smal, hela registret. Det är jag som bestämmer." : En kritisk diskursanalys om hur kampen mot kroppshets synliggörs på Instagram. / “I can be thick, slim, the whole registry. I am the one who decides.” : A critical discourse analysis on how the fight against body anxiety is made visible on Instagram. Lundin, Caroline, Lindberg, Matilda January 2018 (has links) In today’s medialized society we are fed with a constant flow of advertisements, no matter where we are. In these advertisements we see skinny and retouched ideal bodies, especially female bodies. The images shown in the media are the reference frameworks for the human body and in many cases, a conservative social order is propagated where women must exhibit an attractive exterior. This is a social problem for many women all around the world, and the work to counteract these tight ideals is called body activism. This study aims to investigate which different discourses prevail over the fight against body anxiety between different users on Instagram in order to broaden the understanding of how body anxiety is counteracted. The theoretical framework begins with theory and previous research on postmodern feminism and continues with studies related to digital feminism. Subsequently studies on female bodies and their ideals are presented, as well as the shame that is often linked to the norm-breaking body. Finally, the objectification and observation of the female body is presented. The critical discourse analysis is used in combination with a semiotic analysis to examine both image and the text that is linked to it. We have used Faircloughs three-dimensional framework for studying discourse as well as semiotic analytical tools such as connotations and mythologies. In conclusion of this study, we have interpreted these discourses about the struggle of body anxiety as a way of eventually changing the social norms and structures that prevail today. This has been done in different ways by different people, but with similar focus and goals. These people have shared their own experiences in the hope of spreading a body-positive mindset to their readers. Body anxiety body positivism feminism discourse analysis semiotic analysis Media and Communications Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
3	Kroppspositivism : provdockor och modeller som visuellt kommunikationsverktyg för större storlekar / Body Positivism : Mannequins and models as visual communication tool for larger sizes Gustafsson, Lisa, Carlström, Ellinor January 2019 (has links) Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur två svenska modeföretag, Modefabriken och Klädverket, som båda påstår sig vara kroppspositiva visar detta i praktiken. Studien är genomförd inom ämnet textilt management. Studien är ur ett företagsperspektiv, men har även genererat inblickar från ett konsumentperspektiv. Data har samlats in genom primär- och sekundärdata. Studiens sekundära data har genererat ett teoretiskt ramverk som återfinns inom studier av ett västerländskt smalhetsideal och massmedias påverkan, modeindustrin och storlekar, vardagliga modeller och retuscherade modeller, kroppsideal och kroppspositivism. Studiens primära data har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer, strukturerade observationer i butik samt analys av fyra produktkategorier online. Studiens insamlade data har resulterat i en modifierad kommunikationsmodell för att undersöka hur företagen använder sig av provdockor i butik och modeller online för att visa sitt storleksspann. Judith Butlers Queerteori appliceras för att se om företagen har brutit sig loss från smalhetsidealet. Studiens resultat visar att både Modefabriken och Klädverket använder sig av provdockor i två storlekar, en normativ och en över norm. Båda dessa visar plagg med ett storleksspann från den minsta till den största storleken som företagen har. Slutsatsen av studien är att Klädverket visar sin kroppspositiva inställning i större utsträckning än Modefabriken, detta främst genom att använda sig av fler större modeller online, men även större provdockor i butik. Förslag till vidare forskning är att göra en liknande studie men ur ett konsumentperspektiv. Detta för att komplettera studiens resultat med hur konsumenter uppfattar användandet av större provdockor och modeller. / The purpose of this study is to investigate how two Swedish fashion companies, Modefabriken and Klädverket, who claims to be body positive shows that in practice. The study is conducted within the subject Textile Management. The study is from a corporate perspective but has also generated some insights from a customer perspective. The data has been collected through primary and secondary data. The studies secondary data has generated a theoretical framework which includes a western society ideal of being skinny and the impact of media, the fashion industry and sizes, everyday models and edited models, body ideals and body activism. The primary data of the study has been collected through semi structured interviews, structured observations in store as well as analysis of four different product categories online. The collected data of the study has resulted in a modified communications model to investigate how companies uses mannequins in store and models online to show their range of sizes. Judith Butlers Queer theory is applied to see if companies have broken away from the skinny ideal. The result of the study shows that both Modefabriken and Klädverket use mannequins in two sizes. In their stores and online, they use one normative size and one size above the norm. Both shows garments with a size range from the smallest to the biggest size that the companies offer. The conclusion of the study is that Klädverket shows their body positive approach in greater extent than Modefabriken, mainly by using more plus sized models online but also bigger mannequins in store. body positivism body image the female body plus size standard size mannequin model size range Kroppspositivism kroppsbild kvinnokroppen över norm normstorlek provdocka modell storleksspann Economics and Business Ekonomi och näringsliv
4	Vadå, är det okej att se olika ut? : En semiotisk bildanalys av två klädföretags samarbeten med influencers i förhållande till kroppspositivism / What, is it okay to look different? : A semiotic image analysis of two clothing companies’ collaborations with influencers in relation to body positivism Rydén, Sara, Zackrisson, Josefin January 2020 (has links) Denna kvalitativa studie undersöker porträtteringen av den normativa kvinnokroppen på plattformen Instagram till följd av trenden kroppspositivism. Syftet med vår studie är att genom en semiotisk bildanalys, undersöka huruvida två klädföretag följer trenden kroppspositivism i sina samarbeten med influencers på Instagram. Studien ämnar även till att undersöka huruvida de två företagen följer sina slagord om att bryta ny mark och vara tillgängliga för alla kvinnliga kroppsformer. Studiematerialet är hämtat från Instagram och influencerna som är valda för studiens analys är hämtade från Na-kd och Boohoos hemsidor. Analysen utförs med hjälp av semiotik, vilket både är en teori och metod där verktygen denotation och konnotation har använts. Med hjälp av en forskningsöversikt om olika kroppsideal och teoretiska ramverk som social jämförelse och The Male Gaze har analysen delats in i tre teman; kroppstyp, posering och digital redigering av kvinnokroppen. Studiens resultat påvisar ett smalhetsideal där de influencers som undersökts i analysen ingår i normen. Kvinnokropparna kunde till viss del skilja sig åt men kvinnorna gestaltade fortfarande ett smalhetsideal, vilket tyder på att varken företaget Na-kd eller Boohoo har anammat kroppspositivismen utifrån sina val av influencers på Instagram. Resultatet visade även att klädföretagen inte följde sina slagord om att vara normbrytande och tillgängliga för alla kvinnor. / This qualitative study examines the portrayal of the normative woman’s body on Instagram and how the trend of body positivism is followed on that platform. The purpose of our study is, through semiotic image analysis, to investigate whether two fashion companies’ follow the trend of body positivism in their collaborations with influencers on Instagram. The study also intends to investigate how the two companies follow their slogans of being norm-breaking and accessible for all female body types. The study material is collected from Instagram and the influencers selected for this study are selected from Na-kd and Boohoo’s websites. The analysis is performed using semiology, which is both a theory and a method where the tools denotation and connotation have been used. With the help of a research overview on different body ideals and theoretical frameworks such as social comparison and The Male Gaze, the analysis has been divided into three themes; body type, posing and digital editing of the female body. The study’s results show a narrow ideal where the investigated influencers of the analysis are included in the norm. The women’s bodies could differ to some extent, but they all embodied a narrow-minded ideal, which indicates that neither Na-kd nor Boohoo has embraced body positivism based on their choice of influencers on Instagram. The results also showed that none of the fashion companies followed their slogans about being norm-breaking and accessible to all women. Body positivism influencer Instagram narrow-mindedness semiotics social comparison the male gaze Kroppspositivism influencer Instagram smalhetsideal semiotik social jämförelse den manliga blicken Media and Communications Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
5	Hur representeras genus i webbshoppen på klädföretaget I Can I Will? : En kvantitativ och kvalitativ analys med fokus på kroppspositivitet / How does the clothing company I Can I Will represent gender in theironline shop? : A quantitative and qualitative analysis focusing on body positivity. Dettwiler, Mimi January 2023 (has links) This paper uses a quantitative and qualitative approach to analyze whether the Swedishfitness clothing brand I Can I Will’s representation in their online shop corresponds with theirspoken concept of being a brand for everyone who works out regardless if you are training togain strength, change your looks or just because you enjoy it. The quantitative analysisinvestigates the models length compared to height statistics around the world, and theirclothing size relative to social norms about the ideal body. The qualitative analysis is basedon examining visual signs such as eye contact, body language, posture and fitting of clothing.These components are analyzed through a body positivity and gender perspective, usingtheories about representation, body positivism, the ideal body, gender roles, male gaze,advertising and commodities.Findings suggest that there is a lack of representation of different bodies in I Can I Will’sonline shop. The male models are exclusively tall and muscular and the female models aremostly thin or slim. The few times female representation of a larger size occurred, the modelsstill had the, according to society, ideal body. In the visual analysis, there was nothing thatcould be perceived as norm breaking as all of them are following the social structured genderroles. To summarize, the clothing companies representation does not correspond with itsspoken concept of addressing everybody who wants to train regardless of their looks, it seemslike they only like to address tall and already well-trained men and mostly slim women with abody shape where breasts and hips are wider than their waist. Advertising body image body language body height body positivism body weight commodities clothing size gender gender differences gender roles gym clothing I CAN I WILL ICIW male gaze orthoexia overweight representation stereotypes the ideal body training underweight Genus handelsvara I CAN I WILL ICIW klädstorlekar kroppsbild kroppsideal kroppspositivism kroppsspråk kroppsvikt könsroller könsskillnader längd male gaze ortorexi reklam representation stereotyper träning träningskläder undervikt övervikt. Cultural Studies Kulturstudier

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