Social Media Addiction Levels of University Students and Fomo Relationship

Abstract

With the development of technology, there are situations such as the desire to follow the events in virtual environments and the fear of missing out. The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between university students' social media addiction levels and FOMO. This descriptive-specific study was conducted with the participation of 400 students studying at a state university between March-July 2022. The descriptive features question form, social media addiction scale and fear of missing developments in social environments were used. 76.8% of the university students participating in the study are between the ages of 18-21, 63.8% are women, 39% are studying in the health-related department, and 58.7% are living with their families. 23 %of the students stated that they were connected to the internet for more than 10 hours and that 34.3 %thought they were social media addicts. It has been determined that there is a positive and moderate relationship between the total scores obtained from the scales of social media addiction and social media addiction and the score of all sub-dimensions. The time spent on the Internet, the duration of use and the devices used affect social media addiction and the level of FOMO.