talk to empty words

Communication plays a vital and unique role in today's society.

Talking to Kongyan: A History of Communication Ideas presents the history of communication ideas to readers from a broad interdisciplinary humanistic perspective. Religion, culture, and even the fields of law and technology history trace the horizon of communication to the most fundamental issues in Western thought. It not only embodies the humanistic orientation of communication studies, but also stimulates the public's interest in communication studies in a popular way of expression.

Talking to the Empty provides a feasible way to break through the research tradition of American positivism communication, and thus becomes the foundational work of the history of communication thought. The book won the American Communication Academy Award in 2000, the highest award in American communication studies, and has inspired a wide-ranging dialogue among communication scholars and the public at large.