FEAR OF MISSING OUT (FOMO) AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONCEPT: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

With social media becoming an active tool in daily life, the interest in following the lives of others has increased. Besides, social media tools have made this access more reachable. Because of the excessive use of social media, people find themselves in the middle of a constant information bombardment, but they cannot keep up with every experience due to limited time and other restrictions. This feeling of not being able to catch up and being deprived of good experiences creates a fear of missing out, or in other words, FOMO. Although FOMO is a phenomenon explicitly paired with social media and internet use, people can experience FOMO in the offline world as well. FOMO has relatively new literature, and upcoming studies will shed light on the development of the concept. The current research aims to examine the expansion of FOMO from its birth, and we look into how various disciplines have inspected the phenomenon. This paper explains the connection between FOMO and problematic smartphone use, and then we approach FOMO from a psychological and physiological point of view. Besides, the present paper also discusses how FOMO is the subject of studies in Turkey. The relationship between Covid-19 and FOMO is examined, and suggestions for future studies are included. The research contributes to the literature in terms of offering a broad framework for FOMO literature.

Keywords

• FOMO
• Missing Out
• Fear of Missing Out
• Review
• Covid-19

MULTİDİSİPLİNER BİR KAVRAM OLARAK “FEAR OF MİSSİNG OUT” (FOMO): LİTERATÜR TARAMASI

Abstract

Sosyal medyanın günlük hayatta aktif bir araç haline gelmesiyle diğerlerinin yaşantılarını takip etmeye yönelik ilgi artmış diğer yandan bu bilgiye ulaşmak yine sosyal medya araçları sayesinde kolaylaşmıştır. Kişiler kendilerini sürekli bir bilgi bombardımanının ortasında bulmakta ancak kısıtlı zaman ve imkânlarından dolayı her bir deneyime yetişememektedirler. Bu yetişememe ve iyi deneyimlerden mahrum kalma hissi kişide bir kaçırma korkusu ya da bir diğer deyişle FOMO meydana getirmektedir. FOMO internet, özellikle sosyal medya kullanımıyla eşleştirilen bir fenomen olsa da çevrimdışı ortamlarda da tecrübe edilebilecek bir duygudur. Nispeten yeni bir literatüre sahip olan FOMO’nun incelenmesi gelecek çalışmalara ışık tutacaktır. Mevcut araştırma, FOMO’nun doğuşundan itibaren gelişimini, çeşitli disiplinler tarafından nasıl ele alındığını inceleme amacındadır. FOMO’nun sorunlu akıllı telefon kullanımıyla olan bağlantısı incelenmiş, ardından FOMO’ya psikolojik ve fizyolojik yönden yaklaşılmıştır. Tüketici davranışlarını açıklama da kullanılabilecek bir araç olan FOMO’nun Türkiye’deki çalışmalara nasıl konu olduğu ele alınmış, Covid-19 ve FOMO ilişkisi incelenmiş ve gelecek çalışmalara yönelik önerilere yer verilmiştir. Araştırma, FOMO literatüründe yaşanan gelişmelerin derlenmesi yönünden literatüre katkı sunmaktadır.

Keywords

• FOMO
• Kaçırma Korkusu
• Gelişmeleri Kaçırma Korkusu
• Derleme
• Covid-19

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