This study was focused to highlight the problems that comes with being a minority on a workplace, in this case female sports journalist who are working in a male dominated sports field. The objective was to find out how the female sports journalist was experiencing working in such a domain, with focus on journalists who works on local news papers. The study also wanted to look on how these workplaces incorporated gender in their daily work.        In combination with gender theory, with concepts as masculine hegemony and power structures, I also choose to apply the american researcher Rosabeth M Kanters concept ”token”. With these aspects in mind I analyzed the five interviews that I carried out with female sports journalist with a qualitative data analysis.            The results of the study showed that the female sports journalist in some aspects were aware of the difficulties of being a woman in a male dominated area – when they were talking about the profession at large. But on the other hand they were not as aware when it came to their own situation. Even though the gender problems that comes with being a woman in a patriarchal society, in combination with the minority-issue, the respondents did not express their situation in terms of problem, even though their stories of interview situations for example showed the opposite.              In conclusion, the study showed that even though the respondents really enjoyed their work, even though it was not always easy to cope with. But since their own interest in sports and the profession lead them there in the first place, the obstacles created in society like the minority role they were in or the fact that they are women in a patriarchal society, they kept working in the profession despite the resistance.

The purpose of this study is to examine the popular cultural conceptions and representations of homosexuality. A case study is conducted of the music video "Montero" by the hip-hop artist Lil Nas X. With a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis we aim to contribute with existing knowledge about the subject and the problems surrounding it. We intend to critically discuss if and how these representations can challenge (and/or reproduce) dominant notions of homosexuality. To fulfill the purpose we have formulated the following questions: 1. “By which semiotic significance elements is the idea of homosexuality represented/constructed?” 2. “How are stereotypes of homosexuality challenged and/or reproduced in the current case study?” The theoretical framework that is used is representation, social semiotics, religious symbolism, hegemony and intersectionality. The study is a qualitative analysis and based on the method MCDA. We have accomplished the study by doing an analysis based on several categories, intertextualization, clothing, body language, color and genre. The analysis is divided into three different thematic discourses, which also has been divided into smaller sections. The result and conclusion of this study is that the hip hop artist is both reproducing andchallenging the stereotypes of homosexuality. By using religious symbolism and intertextualization throughout the video, he is reproducing the idea of homosexuality as a sin. He is also reproducing the stereotypes by wearing feminine clothing and moves with sensitive motions. We understand from previous research that the genre often uses homophobic lyrics, so being gay within it is a way of challenging its stereotypes. In addition, by challenging male hegemony, he breaks stereotypes about homosexuality, as he expresses power in the context of femininity.

Studien undersöker hur polismyndighetens medarbetare upplever organisationskulturen ur ett jämställdhetsperspektiv. I förstudien fann vi att det finns en norm inom den svenska polisen, som i många fall varit problematisk och exkluderande för de medarbetare som inte passat in. Studien har haft fokus på att definiera de bakomliggande mekanismer till varför denna norm produceras och reproduceras samt hur detta kan påverka polisens legitimitet. Genom att undersöka polisens organisationskultur ämnar vi att belysa en problematik som drabbar organisationens legitimitet och förtroende illa. Studien har genomförts med hjälp av en kvalitativ intervjustudie med nio poliser i olika positioner. Den metodologiska ansatsen var induktiv i sin karaktär. Det analyserade resultatet har lett till en teoretisk modell. Modellen visar på de mekanismer som är orsaken till varför denna organisationskultur och norm fortfarande reproduceras. Vårt fynd är att organisationen skyddar sig från ett institutionellt tryck/förändringskrav med hjälp av diverse alibi. Dessa alibin bygger en fasad för att skapa legitimitet. Vår slutsats är att polisens organisationskultur inte har förändrats lika mycket som organisationen vill tro. Vid flera fall har det under studien framkommit tydliga tecken på att polisen är en icke jämställd organisation. Det existerar fortfarande en organisationskultur där normen utgår från en manlig polis och där allt som går utanför normen stöts bort. Polisen söker legitimitet från sin omvärld genom sitt jämställdhetsarbete. Men det krävs mer än luftslott för att bli jämställd på riktigt. Vår forskning bekräftar den tidigare forskningen men utvecklar de bakomliggande mekanismer som reproducerar fenomenet.