You better shave up, 'cause we need new men. : En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av hur stereotypisk maskulinitet porträtteras i fyra reklamfilmer.

Sammanfattning: In this bachelor’s thesis we intend to investigate how masculine stereotypes are presented in four commercials before versus after #metoo. The purpose is to examine whether and in what way the masculine stereotypes have changed in our selected commercials presentation in accordance with cultural change. We intend to examine how representations relate to the context of social changes, the changing view of masculinity and masculine normative stereotypes.The analysis is performed with a multimodal analysis. The focus is on semiotics and its constituents. Since the thesis uses qualitative analysis, we have chosen to focus on those parts of the material that can be interpreted semiotically in order to gain a deeper understanding of its connection to social change in accordance with our theories. The studys results show that the four commercials we examined show a change before versus after #metoo. This change is in accordance with cultural studies. Hegemonic masculinity theory further explains how the new masculinity is presented in the later commercials. Furthermore, we ask ourselves whether the changes is made out of goodwill or to surf on a wave of political correctness.