Stor jämställdhet i litet format : En kvantitativ och kvalitativ undersökning av Lilla Aktuellt utifrån ett genusperspektiv

Authors: Siri Amram and Cecilia Hedquist Title: Big equality between the sexes in a small form- a quantitative and qualitative thesis of Lilla Aktuellt from a gender perspective. Language: Swedish Level: BA thesis in journalism Location: University of Kalmar Number of pages: 43 (with appendices 64) Abstract In this study we have analyzed a television news show in Sweden for children – Lilla Aktuellt – from a gender perspective. We have analyzed the program both from quantitative and qualitative aspects. In the quantitative analysis of twelve episodes we compared females and males in the following respects: number of participants and for how long the participants were allowed to speak. In the qualitative analysis of three episodes we aimed to discover what different roles and stereotypes the participants displayed. We have in our study applied the theory about gender and the theory of representation, stereotypes and identity with the aim to find out if the girls/women and the boys/men appearing in the programs were ascribed different characteristics and attributes and if they were divided in different spheres. Our study shows that the allotment between the genders in Lilla Aktuellt is very even. In our quantitative analysis the participants were approximately 51 percent girls and women and 49 percent boys and men. The same allocation between females and males applied when it came to for how long the participants were allowed to speak. In our qualitative analysis we found that the children and the adults did represent different stereotypes and played different roles but that there were hardly any differences in this respect between the genders