The study of sleep has always been an unresolved issue.Along with the current outbreak of sleep problems and the intensification of the im-pact of media technology on daily life,communication studies have gradually become involved in it.By sorting out the history of sleep research,it can be found that the attitude of human society towards sleep has always changed with the social structure.When digital media becomes a macro social envi-ronment,it is necessary to rethink the interrelationships between the two.The philosophical discussion of"tiefe langeweile"has established a theoretical pathway for this,based on which media use and sleep are no longer contradictory,but can be seen as an integrated and continuous process,thereby obtaining opportunities for vacuum and contemplation.