Ett annorlunda uttryck
en kvalitativ studie om Feministiskt initiativ och deras kommunikation under valkampanjen 2006
Political communicationSemioticsRhetoricPositioningAdvertisingPolitisk kommunikationSemiotikRetorikPositioneringBudskap
The purpose of this study was to examine the political party ?Feministiskt initiativ? (Fi) and their communication during the election campaign 2006. We wanted to find out what the intention was and how the communication was received by the public. We also looked for signs of congruence between those two sides.Fi is the first political party with a feministic ideology to candidate for the parliament in Sweden. The party is rather new and their political standpoints and internal affairs have often been subject of for debate in the media.We wanted to investigate people?s individual opinions of the matter, and therefore we chose to personally interview a number of people. First we met with one of Fi:s board members, who would function as a representative of the party and then we interviewed eight other people, who would represent the Swedish population. In the interviews we asked for opinions about some of the material that had been used during the party?s election campaign 2006.The results show that Fi wants to communicate a reflection of them selves. They claim that Fi is an innovative party with humour, and they want that to be apparent in their communication. They also want to subdue the prevalent image of feminists that exists in today?s society. The party wants to communicate with all public groups, but has despite this, chosen a rather unconventional rhetorical style which can be misinterpreted in some cases.When we interviewed the representatives of the public, the expected misinterpretation was present. The respondents sometimes found it hard to understand the text in the posters and the rhetorical style was not as obvious for the people as for the party. Despite this, the core messages appeared quite obvious for the respondents. However, the most dominant feature of the interviews was the great variety in the answers. A lot of different feelings and opinions were surfaced. Some people showed no reaction what so ever, while others were very affected and almost offended. But the campaign also produced positive reactions and we could tell that the party communicates issues that engage and move people.