Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 09, 2016
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:08 am
FOMO Fueling Teen Social Media Addiction
Checking social media accounts isn't that much different from checking the answering machine or staying near the phone in order not to miss a call in the old days. Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) isn't anything new and teens have always wanted not to be excluded by peers. I recall yelling at my brother to not stay on the phone too long just in case one of my friends called. You could say that I was obsessed with the phone and that I had an acute case of FOMO and this wasn't too many years ago.
Checking social media accounts isn't that much different from checking the answering machine or staying near the phone in order not to miss a call in the old days. Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) isn't anything new and teens have always wanted not to be excluded by peers. I recall yelling at my brother to not stay on the phone too long just in case one of my friends called. You could say that I was obsessed with the phone and that I had an acute case of FOMO and this wasn't too many years ago.