Syftet är att undersöka tre konstnärers olika tillvägagångssätt att förmedla politiska budskap i bildvävnader under 1960- och 1970-talet i Sverige. Med utgångspunkt i Siri Derkert, Maria Adlercreutz och Sandra Ikses konstnärskap och formvärld görs en kvalitativ litteraturstudie. Utifrån motiv, material och hantverkstekniker undersöks hur de arbetar med det politiska budskapet. Siri Derkert producerar två bildvävar under 1960-talet. Att som konstnär prova de textila materialen ligger till viss del i tiden. Med Edna Martin som konstnärlig ledare på Handarbetes Vänner (HV) uppstår flera samarbeten mellan konstnärer och HV som utvecklar textilväven mot konsten från nyttotextil. Miljöengagemanget är ett tydligt budskap i väven Vad sjunger fåglarna???? av Siri Derkert som är en av Sveriges första textila vävnader med ett politiskt budskap. Motivet uttrycks i ett formspråk som har släktskap med collage. Maria Adlercreutz arbetar tydligt med fotografiets realism och tillskillnad från Derkert har hon en utbildning inom textil och väver sina vävnader själv. Sandra Ikse är även hon utbildad inom textil men arbetar mer med tekniken och materialets strukturer i sitt uttryck. Derkert representerar 1960-talet i studien, Adlercreutz och Ikse 1970-talet. Hantverksskickligheten och materialets traditionella kontext blir en del av budskapet i väven vilket Ikse och Adlercreutz även utnyttjar aktivt.

The purpose of the thesis is to examine the political material published before the parliamentary elections 2018 from two party leaders who were competing for the prime minister's role in 2018. Stefan Löfven and Ulf Kristersson are the two political actors who present themselves and  their party for the parliamentary elections in 2018. The two social media that has been selected are Facebook and Instagram, which at the time of the study were the most widely used around the world. This study use Aristotle's philosophy about the rhetoric’s ethos, logos and pathos and Walter Lippman's research on agenda theory. These two theories explain that people communicate through different rhetorical arguments and agendas, especially in political communication where the goal is often to convince the people what the society looks like. The goal is to gain their trust for the election. The survey shows that this indeed is used by both Löfven and Kristersson, though in different ways. The differences may be different due to the high probability of party leaders ahead of the parliamentary elections. Löfven is already prime minister and is running for second term, while Kristersson is newly elected party leader and new candidate to become Sweden's prime minister. What became surprising during the study was to see how they both benefit from using ethos, logos and pathos in a way that truly represent the party’s political statements. The conclusion that can be drawn from the results is that during the parliamentary elections 2018 Kristersson focused on sending a more persuasive message that the Moderates are the obvious choice and through his ways of painting the reality sent a signal that he, as the future party leader, is fully ready to responsible address Sweden. Löfven, on the other hand, focused on to channel a more relaxed presentation of himself as well as a message aimed to the working class in society. Much of his speech consisted of his proximity to the people and understanding of their everyday problems.