檢視跨文化傳播研究的起始與發展，可以對應出過去不同時代的需要與考量，重要的是令什麼學派的理論適合選擇什麼樣問題做為研究的對象，可以有較明白的對照與比較。而這樣的努力，是為讓缺乏不同文化背景經驗的台灣大學生先瞭解國外的跨文化傳播理論是植基於不同文化背景的差異點，並經長期研究才漸次形成的，而這個不同文化間的差異點的取向就是決定跨文化傳播研究其研究對象的關鍵性考量所在。CFox的跨文化傳播理論便是在這一個思考因素下的選擇，它的內容主要在建議使用五種濾鏡來檢視〔不良溝通與系統性長期性的誤解（或稱不當的扭曲）〕，而這五種類型的濾鏡將各有不同層次的觀察內容，它們分別為(一)符號/引喻(semiotic/metaphorical)，(二)認知/歸類(cognitive/classificatory)，(三)經驗/觀察(experiential/observational)，(四)倫理/政治(ethnical/political)，(五)釋義/詮釋(hermeneutic/interpretation） 。透過教學與分組對話整理顯示，原本以情節編劇及分鏡製片為主要思考軸線的新聞系大四學生，開始對「末代武士」影片中的所有差異點都能快速的以文化角度察覺，對於各類的磨擦點或稱誤解點，乃至扭曲點，也都各組有各組的背景性與潛藏性因素的分析與解說。C.Fox 的五種不同濾鏡不僅提供他們思慮上的新取向，尤其是對尋找可能導致誤解的前因後果也變得更具敏覺性。

To examine the origin and development of the intercultural communication can find out the different needs and considerations in different ages. The appropriate theory that chooses the right issues good for an object of study, which can make sharp contrast, is most concerned. By doing so, students in Taiwan, will experience and understand the origin of intercultural communication based on the different cultural backgrounds, The approach to the different cultural background depends on choosing an object of study of the intercultural communicationFox’s theory on the intercultural communication utilizes five different layers as a filtering lens to examine miscommunication and systemically distorted communication. The content of the different layers through a filtering lens include five parts: semiotic/metaphorical, cognitive/classificatory experiential/observational, ethnical/political, and hermeneutic/interpretation.Through group dialogue and teaching, senior students of Journalism use different ways of filming the movie “The Last Samurai” to make their case so that students understand the cultural difference by way of cultural view and recognize the miscommunication and distorted communication from different backgrounds through factor analysis and interpretation. Fox’s five different layers as a filtering lens not only provide the new approach to thinking but also create the sensibility to the cause of miscommunication.