在皮尔斯符号学体系中，符号意义的传播一直是其理论关注的重点。皮尔斯念兹在兹的传播学问题，实际上就是人如何利用符号交流意义、分享意义，并由此建立意义共同体。他所建立的三元符号传播模式，以及围绕该模式所进行的符号传播过程、符号自我、符号探究社群等研究，就是按照上述逻辑展开的。皮尔斯的这一传播学研究路径首先使他的符号学呈现出开放、动态的整体特性，进而超越结构主义，持续引领当代符号学的发展方向。同时这一路径又使其相关思想注定与传播学连接在一起，并在诸多方面启发着当代传播学理论的建构与发展。

The communication of signs’ meanings is one of the essential parts in peircean semiotics. According to Peirce, the analysis of communication are based on the following hypothesis: the sign users communicate and share their meanings, for constructing the community of meaning by virtue of signs. Following this logic, Peirce innovatively puts forward the triadic pattern of communication, and then develops a series of communication theories around this pattern,namely, the semiotic self, the bidirectionalprocess of communication as well as the community of inquiry. Influenced by his theories of communication, peircean semiotics, demonstrating as an open and dynamic theoretical systems, continually guides the contemporary semiotic studies beyond structuralism. And his exploration of communication problems, not only lays the foundation of the early American communication theories, but also has been inspiring the contemporary communication researchers to ponder on the essence of the communication phenomena.