跨文化传播学是传播学的一个分支,然而当前对跨文化传播节目的讨论多集中在“跨国传播”等有限的领域。跨文化传播应该包括更广泛的对象、内容和题材,美国公共电视网在跨文化传播节目的制播方面有许多可资借鉴的成熟经验,同时,美国公共电视网跨文化传播节目也有自己鲜明的特色。 Intercultural communication is a branch of communication studies. However, the current discussion of intercultural communication programs focuses on a limited area such as “transnational communication.” Intercultural communication should include a wider range of subjects, content and themes. The U.S. public television network has many mature experiences that can be borrowed from the production of intercultural communication programs. At the same time, the American public television network has its own distinctive cross-cultural communication program Features.