If you have made social media a basic need in your life, if you have started to feel uncomfortable when you see the images and shares in the virtual world late, or if you have started to spend most of your day with actions such as watching stories, checking the shares, and even if you do not check your accounts on social networks, you may feel like a deficiency. If you feel any emotion or anxiety, oops, I think you've caught FoMO too!!
The Turkish abbreviation of FoMO (Fear Of Missing Out), which consists of the initials of its English name, is GKK. It can generally be defined as social anxiety characterized by the fear of missing the agenda. With the rapid development of technology in this century, the internet, which has entered every aspect of our lives, has made the use of social networking sites, which are new communication channels and allow individuals to create profiles, share, follow each other, widespread. Although the reasons for using these social networks vary among individuals, they mostly come to the fore for purposes such as creating new profiles, communicating with people, sharing their private lives, getting to know each other, making comments, and following friends. With the introduction of the internet and especially smartphones into our lives, FoMO has also entered our lives. In particular, FoMO, which is closely related to the use of social media, stands out as a new type of addiction that causes individuals to spend a long time on social networks due to the fear of missing out and not being informed about the developments in social networks. If social needs cannot be met through social media use, FoMO occurs and creates a feeling of discomfort in individuals. Individuals suffering from FoMO feel like they are missing something and begin to feel lonely outside of the time they spend on social networks. After a while, they try to complete the love and affection that is missing in their normal relationships by sharing and publishing information. When they do these, they develop more commitment and after a while, they start to get satisfaction only from social networks, distancing themselves from real life. Individuals who put face-to-face communication in the background and make communication on social media a lifestyle As the level of FoMO increases, their satisfaction and satisfaction with real life begins to decrease.
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