Sven Ross är universitetslektor vid JMK. Han har en fil kand i praktiskt filosofi och har även studerat sociologi. Han disputerade i medie- och kommunikationsvettenskap 2008 med avhandlingen Klasstolkningar: En receptionsanalys av hur klassaspekter uppfattas i Tre kärlekar, Falcon Crest och TV-nyheter.
Sven Ross
Senior Lecturer – Section for Journalism, Media and Communication Studies (JMK)
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Ross’ research has mainly focused on media and social class. First, the class structure of the content of Swedish television was analyzed through content analysis. The main finding was a typical pattern of middle class dominance and symbolic annihilation of working class characters (Ross 1988). Secondly, a study of audience reception of class aspects in television serials and news items was conducted, using both qualitative interviews and a survey. One finding was a tendency to take notice of class on a subconscious level. Class also seems to be less salient in news than in fiction. The results was interpreted both in terms of class (un)consciousness and cognitive processes (Ross 2008, 2011).
