Abstract
The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between teacher candidates' fear of missing out and their behavior on social networking sites. The study was designed with general and relational screening method, one of the quantitative research methods. The study group consists of 218 teacher candidates studying at the School of Education in Trakya University during the spring term of 2020-2021. Mann-Whitney U and Spearman Rank-Order correlational tests were used in the analysis of the data, alongside descriptive statistics. Findings indicate that the overall FoMO levels of the teacher candidates were below average. No difference was found in terms of FoMO according to gender. Finally, a low-level positive and significant relationship was found between the variable of FoMO and monthly frequency of user actions such as photo sharing and story posting. However, no significant relationship was found between FoMO levels and frequency of live broadcasts or status updates. In the light of the findings, it can be said at least in the specific context of teacher candidates that FoMO is related to particular types of behavior on social networking sites.
Highlights
The 21st century has been a stage for marvelous advancements in human civilization and the dominant global economic system of capitalism has proven itself more of less successful, creating abundance of commodities and services
This study investigated the Fear of Missing Out phenomenon within the context of teacher candidates
Overall Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) levels, as well as relationship between FoMO and certain variables such as gender or behavior displayed on social networking applications in the form of frequency in displaying certain user actions, have been considered
Summary
The 21st century has been a stage for marvelous advancements in human civilization and the dominant global economic system of capitalism has proven itself more of less successful, creating abundance of commodities and services. The competitive global markets and the drive for profit has fueled in human beings, among other things, what may be defined as a fear of missing out or a fear of falling behind in terms of consumption (Stengel, 2013). In this type of society where a Baudrillardian, anxiety-driven experience economy is dominant and consumption is perceived as a duty by citizens; a fear of missing out on consumption has been argued to be the key motivator in all aspects of daily life (Linden & Linden, 2017). It is no coincidence that today; consumers of digital goods and services, such
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