[ecrea] New Book: Life Without Media

*/Life Without Media/
Eva Comas, Joan Cuenca, Klaus Zilles
Peter Lang, New York, 2013*

In light of the crisis surrounding traditional media and the radical 
changes resulting from the advent of the Internet and social media, 
various media outlets have argued or, more subtly, hinted at the demise 
of the printed news, or the end of traditional media. This backdrop 
forms the genesis for this thought-provoking and provocative volume 
imagining life without media. While there is some skepticism surrounding 
the radical hypothesis of the death of traditional media, there is 
mounting concern, at the same time, regarding the changing media 
space(s) and the relevance of the media’s roles and places in different 
and diverse social spheres.

Unanimously, contributors to this book report that while these roles and 
places have changed, the difficulty lies in where and how to delineate 
them. Chapters provide some answers to the hypothesis of life without 
media, and in many instances raise new questions and doubts.

*Eva Comas* is a journalist and has a Ph.D. in communication studies 
from Ramon Llull University, Spain. She is the author of/ La ràdio en 
essència/ (2009) and her most recent publications (co-authored) are “Un 
mundo sin periódicos” (A World Without Newspapers) (2010) and 
“Advertising Characteristics and Strategies in Prime Time Sports 
Broadcasts” (2011). She has worked as a media consultant for the 
Catalonian government (la Generalitat de Catalunya) and for the 
president of Ramon Llull University.

*Joan Cuenca* is a strategic consultant and faculty member of the 
Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the Blanquerna School 
of Communication Studies and International Relations. He holds a Ph.D. 
in communication studies from Ramon Llull University, and his most 
recent book is /Auditorías de Relaciones Públicas/ (2012). He is a 
founding member of the research group ESTISMA (Strategy and Issues 
Management in Public Relations and Corporate Communication).

*Klaus Zilles* is an associate professor at the Blanquerna School of 
Communication Studies and International Relations at Ramon Llull 
University. He holds a Ph.D. in English and German philology from the 
University of Heidelberg. He has authored/ Rolando Hinojosa: A Reader’s 
Guide/ (2001) and co-edited, with Fernando Clemot, /En la frontera: i 
migliori racconti della narrativa chicana/ (2008).