Woman’s Image in Internet Commercials Depending on the Sex of Message Addressees Cover Image

Wizerunek kobiety w reklamie internetowej w zależności od płci adresatów przekazu
Woman’s Image in Internet Commercials Depending on the Sex of Message Addressees

Author(s): Aleksandra Wojtkowska, Mariola Grzybowska-Brzezińska, Adam Rudzewicz
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Marketing / Advertising, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: advertising; Internet; image; woman; stereotype;

Summary/Abstract: An aim of considerations is to define the image of the woman presented in Internet commercials addressed to various groups of recipients (women and men). The survey consisted in an analysis of commercials displayed on the five Internet portals addressed to women and on the five ones addressed to men. On the sites addressed to females, one could more often see women in the nontraditional role. Usually they were physically attractive figures, modern women, taking care of their appearance, and self-confident. In turn, on the portals for men, the woman considerably more often appeared in traditional roles. As a rule, she was shown as a decoration or a sexual object. The stereotypes related to women are commonly used in Internet commercials. Authors of advertisements put in their messages the symbols and stereotypes as well as patterns of behaviour desired in a given target group. The article is of the case study nature.

  • Issue Year: 354/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 231-240
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish