The influence of the class affiliation on the formation of the musical preferences (on the example of Tomsk's inhabitants)

This article is devoted to the problem of influence of the individuals’ class affiliation on the formation of their musical preferences. There is a transition from the classical sociological ideas to the thoughts of modern authors with framing by empirical data obtained by the theoretic-methodological apparatus. The study was carried out by using N.E. Tikhonova’s methodics of determing class affiliation, adapted to the method of analyzing the content of social networks. It is shown that there are propensities to listen to music of a certain genre, observed in representatives of different classes. Also the scale of the influence of mass culture on all strata of society is shown.