About the instructors Cmu. Click here to link to a schedule of section times by TA, as well as TA office hours. Follow this link to see an index of online discussion sections. By the end of the quarter, you should have acquired a critical awareness of how the U.S. mass media operate and a critical awareness of media content. You should be able to see how this broader environment shapes media content.
Media content is shaped in part by external societal forces.
Media content is shaped in part by the media's own production processes.