Strah od propuštanja (FoMO) i korištenje digitalnih medija među studentima

master's thesis

• Title (english): Fear of missing out (FoMO) and the use of digital media among students
• Author: Tina Milevčić
• Mentor: Ivan Burić (mentor)
• Committee member: Dario Vučenović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Davor Trbušić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ivan Burić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Communication Sciences); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-06-23, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences; Communicology

Abstract

Društvene mreže i pametni telefoni dio su naše svakodnevnice, uklapaju se u naše obveze, dogovore, odnose i postojanje. Pri tom na nas ostavljaju različite posljedice, jedna od njih je i strah od propuštanja. Strah od propuštanja definira se kao prožimajući strah da drugi imaju zadovoljavajuće iskustvo u kojem pojedinac ne sudjeluje (Przybylski, 2013). Konstrukt straha od propuštanja probudio je interes za istraživanje u kojem je sudjelovalo 314 (N=314) studenata iz Zagreba i Splita. Svrha istraživanja bila je utvrditi povezanost i privrženost prema pametnim telefonima te propitati komponente straha od propuštanja među studentima.
Istraživanjem je zaključeno kako sudionici najčešće koriste pametni telefon i društvene mreže kako bi osigurali povezanost s drugima i komunicirali putem instant poruka, za što im služi aplikacija Whatsapp koju svi sudionici koriste. Pokazalo se kako pametni telefoni kod sudionika ne izazivaju uznemirenost kada im nisu “pri ruci”, ali u situacijama poput učenja i slušanja predavanja, rado koriste svoj pametni telefon. Ljubomora, strah, ljutnja, tuga, tjeskoba i umor nisu se pokazali kao osjećaji koji se pojavljuju kod studenata za vrijeme korištenja pametnih telefona i društvenih mreža te nije pronađena statistički značajna razlika pri doživljavanju navedenih emocija za vrijeme korištenja pametnih telefona s obzirom na spol sudionika.
Opći cilj istraživanja bila je kreacija i validacija hrvatske inačice FoMO ljestvice koja se sastoji od tri dimenzije: uzroka straha od propuštanja te emocionalnih i bihevioralnih posljedica straha od propuštanja. Kreirana ljestvica pokazuje valjanost i pouzdanost za daljnju primjenu ispitivanja uzroka, emocionalnih i bihevioralnih posljedica straha od propuštanja.

Abstract (english)

Fear of missing out (FoMO) and the use of digital media among students
Social networks and smartphones are part of our everyday life, they fit into our obligations, agreements, relationships and existence. At the same time, they leave different consequences on us, one of them is the fear of missing out. Fear of missing out is defined as a pervasive fear that others have a satisfying experience in which the individual does not participate (Przybylski, 2013). The construct of fear of missing out sets foundation for this research in which 314 (N=314) students from Zagreb and Split participated. The purpose of the research was to determine the attachment to smart phones and to examine the components of the fear of missing out among students.
The research concluded that the participants most often use a smartphone and social networks to stay connected with others and communicate via instant messages, for which the Whatsapp application is mainly used. It was shown that, when the smartphone is not "at hand", it does not disturb them, but still there is a high probability that they will be use it while studying or listening to a lecture at college. Jealousy, fear, anger, sadness, anxiety and fatigue were not shown to be feelings that appear to students during the use of smartphones and social networks, and no statistically significant difference was found in the experience of the mentioned emotions during the use of smartphones considering the gender of the participants.
The general goal of the research was the creation and validation of the Croatian version of the FoMO scale, which consists of three dimensions: the causes of the fear of missing out and the emotional and behavioral consequences of the fear of missing out. The created scale shows validity and reliability for further application in examining the causes, emotional and behavioral consequences of fear of missing out.

• Keywords: FoMO; strah od propuštanja; društvene mreže; studenti; ljestvica
• Keywords (english): FoMO; Fear of Missing Out; social media; students; scale
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:829186
• Study programme: Title: Department of Communication Studies; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra komunikologije (magistar/magistra komunikologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Access restricted to students and staff of home institution
• Created on: 2023-07-06 08:26:41