The significance of the different social classes in Swedish television programmes 2015 (per cent)
| Working class | Middle class | Social elite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Significance in the programme | 55 | 66 | 67 |
| Limited or no significance for the programme | 45 | 34 | 33 |
| Sum | 100 | 100 | 100 |
The representation of social classes in Swedish television 2015 (per cent)
| Working class | 9 |
| Middle class | 76 |
| Social elite | 15 |
| Sum | 100 |
Social classes in different genres on Swedish television in 2015 (per cent)
| News and factual programming | Drama and film | Entertainment | Reality TV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working class | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 |
| Middle class | 69 | 73 | 85 | 84 |
| Social elite | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Sum | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
The mode of appearance of different social classes in Swedish television programmes 2015 (per cent)
| Working class | Middle class | Social elite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears both audially and visually | 32 | 37 | 53 |
| Appears only visually | 68 | 63 | 47 |
| Sum | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Social relations and social class in drama and film on Swedish television 2015 (per cent)
| Working class | Middle class | Social elite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has no social relations of significance to the narrative | 89 | 83 | 78 |
| Has social relations of some or great importance to the narrative | 11 | 17 | 22 |
| Sum | 100 | 100 | 100 |
The appearance of the different social classes on the five television channels with largest reach in Sweden 2015 (per cent)
| SVT1 | SVT2 | TV3 | TV4 | Channel 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working class | 7 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 11 |
| Middle class | 80 | 62 | 55 | 84 | 74 |
| Social elite | 13 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 15 |
| Sum | 100 | 101 | 101 | 100 | 100 |