Vit, smal och rik : En kvalitativ undersökning av hur kvinnan porträtteras i reklambilden för skönhetsprodukter.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this thesis is to shed some light on the stereotypical ways of portraying women in advertising. The thesis studies and analyses the eventual change in the perception of the woman in pictures for advertising, but also investigates the change in the business of marketing and advertising. The thesis assumes a method of a qualitative approach, with both induction and deduction applied to the study. The data used for this study’s analytical work derives from three semi structured interviews with representatives for the marketing business, and an analysis of advertisements pictures for cosmetics products from the last ten years. The study’s result has shown that the perception of the woman in advertising is stereotypical. In addition, the study has not been able to detect any change in the advertisements for women for the past ten years. However, the material shows a small change in the attitude towards a wider range of ethnicities.