This volume explores the political impact of journalistic discourse on international -- and especially Canadian/American -- relations. In so doing, it provides a comparative analysis of American and international press accounts of selected Canadian/American issues such as free trade, cruise missile testing, and acid rain. The intention of the book is to enhance understanding of the political significance of journalists' interpretations of Canadian/American affairs, although the communication perspective and method of news analysis of the book are appropriate for the study of the United States' news-mediated relations with other countries. This study also examines the way people negotiate news-mediated political discourse and how that communication process can influence international affairs.

This book is an overview of the history of planet earth from it's beginning, billions of years ago, through the end of the twentieth century AD, which includes four prior civilizations plus our present civilization. The book covers the major events that have happened throughout the many years that planet earth has resided in the universe, plus outlines the origin of all species that have or do inhabit planet earth and where they have gone or will go once they leave planet earth. The book, also, outlines the many major events that have caused planet earth to evolve into the great planet that is known to it's inhabitancy today.