Fear of missing out: review of current issues

Devyatov Sergei Sergeevich

Fear of missing out, a concept formulated less than 20 years ago, has been actively researched since social networks appears in our lives and the spread of the Internet among us. At the moment, FOMO is one of the most important indicators of the impact of social networks on human, but the studies that investigates this phenomenon is rather small, especially Russian-speaking, in this connection it is necessary to conduct intermediate results and determine the current state of affairs in this area.

Keywords:fear of missing out, FoMO, social networks, overall life satisfaction, general mood.