The purpose of this analysis is to shed some light on the norms that specific websites can communicate to their visitors and customers. In this study we chose to analyse the websites Caliroots and Care of Carl. These two websites were chosen due to their main target group, which in this case is men. These two websites are also two of the biggest online clothing retailers in Sweden that sells these specific types of clothes. This study is based on semiotic analysis, affordances and previous research on gender, masculinity, objectification as well as norms and stereotypes. In this study we analysed the websites, their content and structure in order to get the whole picture of which elements are communicating norms and stereotypes, as well as how these norms and stereotypes are portrayed on the websites. The result of this study showed that the websites, despite their differences, had several masculine norms and stereotypes in common. These norms were for the most part one specific out of our chosen analytic themes, namely prestige and ambition, though the rest of our themes were also an important aspect to take into consideration, since they showed how the websites differed from one another. The result of this analysis has been used in the making of another alternative draft of a website with the same purpose of selling mens clothing. In this new alternative design we aim to not communicate the same type of norms and stereotypes that in some cases can be considered toxic and harmful, but instead convey alternative norms that can hopefully communicate joy, belonging and fellowship.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-78628 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Lindström, Tone, Andersson, Elin |
| Publisher | Karlstads universitet, Karlstads universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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