Within "Changing the Subject," David Trend examines "a range of forays into the classrom over the last 20 years, moving from a materialist anaylsis of ideological reproduction to an intersubjective model of reception and resistance" (10). He argues that "without a pedagogical imperative, the broader mission of progessive culture stands in jeopardy" (10).

The article is separated into different topics and headings included are as follows: Production and Reproduction, Misunderstanding Media, Changing the Subject, and Appropriation and Resistance.