Round table on the occasion of the publication of the book “El català a l’espai de comunicació. EL procés de normalització de la llengua als mèdia (1976-2013)” by Josep Gifreu, co-published by the UAB, UPF, UJI and UV. Participants: Joan Manuel Tresserras, communication theorist, ex-counsellor of Culture and Mass media Isidor Marí, socio-linguist, former chairperson of the Secció Filológica of the IEC Vicent Partal, founder and director of Vilaweb Joaquim Maria Puyal, journalist and doctor in Catalan Studies Josep Gifreu, author of the book and full university professor of Communication of the UPF “El català a l’espai de comunicació” by Josep Gifreu, of the collection Aldea Global, co-published by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and the University of València. Language, power and communication are the triad which determines the survival and sustainability of national cultures in a global world. This volume offers a historical approach based on Spanish transition, it also aims to explore the progression of Catalan in traditional media and in the new environment of the cyberspace of the late 20th century and early 21th century.