The purpose of this study is to analyze the social meaning and the function of eye in personal relationship between people and cultures. Eye contact is the only common language in the world and feature of non-verbal communication which is a branch of interpersonal communication. The eyes are an integral part of the face when it comes to the observation or the transmission of non-verbal information. Each of the seven universal expressions of emotion have some change in or around the eyes that can lead you to understand what someone might feel or think. Since, cultural norms guide behavior and people from different countries can communicate differently. A Qualitative methodology has been chosen. The results show that eye contact is an important language of interpersonal communication. The researcher kept how to decode the many possible elements and understanding the discourses of eye contact closely are tied to cultural. Also the meaning of eye contact that is created can be totally different from each other. It can communicate a variety of attitudes such as anger, love, sadness, happiness as facial expression in different situations. This study could make a modest contribution on finding an understanding of people, their interaction and, their culture in a global world. The direction for further researches was also discussed.
People, social Meaning, Eye Contact, Cross-Cultural Comparison
