Men and women have been represented in different ways in media for a long time. Images and visual documents are important tools for companies in marketing so that they can convey their messages in the most desirable and presentable way possible (Ekström, Ottosson & Parment 2017). Events are considered to be an effective communication tool (Jutbring 2016)and more events have begun to work with social issues. One of Sweden's largest festivals, Way Out West works extensively with ecological sustainability, but lately they have started to focus more on equality as well (Luger 2020).The purpose of the study is to analyze how the Way Out West festival represents women and men in their figurative marketing of a selection of this year's lineup of artists. To answer the purpose, two research questions have been developed and the authors have analyzed the images with the help of scientific articles and a qualitative study. It is a semiotic image analysis that is based on representation theory, where stereotypes, idealization and face-ism are used as analysis tools. The study is supplemented by an interview, with PR and marketing manager for Way Out West, who provided background information to the study. The result of the study shows that there are both differences and similarities in how female and male artists are represented in Way Out West’s figurative marketing. All images are interpreted based on the prevailing cultural norms where stereotypes, idealization and faceism contribute to how the viewer interprets the message with the image. The representation of women and men are asymmetrical and Way Out West has a great responsibility in portraying the festival's artists as the social story of gender is constantly shifted and transformed (Johansson och Lalander 2013). Based on the semiotic image analysis, it can be concluded that Way Out West contributes to maintaining and changing stereotypes, idealization and face-ism when portraying their artists. The study is written in swedish.

Men and women have been represented in different ways in media for a long time. Images and visual documents are important tools for companies in marketing so that they can convey their messages in the most desirable and presentable way possible (Ekström, Ottosson &Parment 2017). Events are considered to be an effective communication tool (Jutbring 2016)and more events have begun to work with social issues. One of Sweden's largest festivals, Way Out West works extensively with ecological sustainability, but lately they have started to focus more on equality as well (Luger 2020).The purpose of the study is to analyze how the Way Out West festival represents women and men in their figurative marketing of a selection of this year's lineup of artists. To answer the purpose, two research questions have been developed and the authors have analyzed the images with the help of scientific articles and a qualitative study. It is a semiotic image analysis that is based on representation theory, where stereotypes, idealization and face-is mare used as analysis tools. The study is supplemented by an interview, with PR and marketing manager for Way Out West, who provided background information to the study. The result of the study shows that there are both differences and similarities in how female and male artists are represented in Way Out West’s figurative marketing. All images are interpreted based on the prevailing cultural norms where stereotypes, idealization and faceism contribute to how the viewer interprets the message with the image. The representation of women and men are asymmetrical and Way Out West has a great responsibility in portraying the festival's artists as the social story of gender is constantly shifted and transformed (Johansson och Lalander 2013). Based on the semiotic image analysis, it can be concluded that Way Out West contributes to maintaining and changing stereotypes, idealization and face-ism when portraying their artists. The study is written in swedish.

Män och kvinnor har under en lång tid blivit representerade på olika sätt i media. Bilder och visuella dokument är viktiga redskap för företag i marknadsföring för att de ska kunna förmedla sina budskap på ett så eftersträvansvärt och presentabelt sätt som möjligt (Ekström, Ottosson & Parment 2017). Evenemang anses vara ett effektivt kommunikationsverktyg(Jutbring 2016) och fler evenemang har börjat arbeta med sociala frågor. En av Sveriges största festivaler, Way Out West, som arbetar mycket med ekologisk hållbarhet har även börjat fokusera på jämställdhet (Luger 2020).Studiens syfte är att analysera hur festivalen Way Out West representerar kvinnor och män i sin bildliga marknadsföring för ett urval av årets lineup av artister. För att besvara syftet har två forskningsfrågor tagits fram och författarna har med hjälp av vetenskapliga artiklar och en kvalitativ undersökning analyserat bilderna. Det är en semiotisk bildanalys som utgår ifrån representationsteorin där stereotyper, idealization och face-ism används som analysverktyg. Studien kompletteras med en intervju, med PR och marknadsföringsansvarig för Way Out West, som gav bakgrundsinformation till studien. Resultatet för studien påvisar att det finns både skillnader och likheter i hur kvinnliga och manliga artister representeras i Way Out West’s bildliga marknadsföring. Samtliga bilder tolkas utifrån de rådande kulturella normerna där stereotyper, idealization och face-ism bidrar till hur betraktaren tyder budskapet med bilden. Representationen av kvinnor och män är asymmetrisk och Way Out West har ett stort ansvar vid porträtteringen av festivalens artister då den sociala berättelsen gällande genus ständigt förskjuts och omskapas (Johansson & Lalander 2013). Utifrån den semiotiska bildanalysen går det alltså att dra slutsatsen att Way Out West både bidrar till att stereotyper, idealization och face-ism upprätthålls och förändrasvid porträtteringen av deras artister.

Studien är skriven på svenska.