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Dimple Sukhija1, Pooja Srivastava2
, Anuradha Pathak1 and Palak Sukhija3
1 Indore Institute of Management and Research, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Jain Online, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3 Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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The term ‘fear of missing out’ (FoMO) describes the uneasy sensations that surface when you realise that you might be losing out on fulfilling experiences that other people are enjoying. One intra-personal characteristic that encourages people to monitor what others are doing, especially on social media, is called FoMO. The COVID-19 pandemic-induced forced isolation had a significant negative influence on people’s well-being by decreasing opportunities for social interactions. As a result, people were using social media more frequently to stay in touch with others. In fact, FoMO may intensify people’s need to maintain social connections and engage in communication with others, which may result in persistent social networking (PSN) as a means of overcoming the fear of becoming invisible on social media when one is physically isolated. In this investigation, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a one-way ANOVA test was used to determine the impact of gender on FoMO. The empirical results prioritise the impact of gender and also assist academics in understanding the potential future scope. The study’s primary data were gathered using a self-structured, self-administered questionnaire with 33 valid items. Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS 21.0) and Microsoft Excel 2007 were used to analyse the collected data and produce a valid conclusion.
COVID-19, fear of missing out, social media, online communication attitude, problematic social networking sites use, pandemic, lockdown
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