Toward COVID-19 Information: Infodemic or Fear of Missing Out?

Cognitive Failure and Fear of COVID-19

Objectives: Among the residents of Tehran province (Iran), 415 people were selected by the available sampling method. Method: Research data was obtained through online questionnaires that were distributed to participants through platforms such as Instagram, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Broadbent's Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) and the scale of fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19)  were used in this s...

Fear and Panic of COVID-19

Fear of missing out on conferences.

Fear of missing out (FOMO) is the experience, when on social media, of noting that other people are at a party, concert, or film when you aren’t. They are having a better time than you; either you made the wrong choice or you weren’t offered it. You missed out and your Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook feedback is not as beautiful—and you missed out. That may not be important in the grand scheme ...

Managing my fear of missing out.

1458 23 SEPTEMBER 2016 • VOL 353 ISSUE 6306 I don’t think that I’m the only former academic in this predicament. My attitude is likely a carryover of a mentality ingrained in graduate students: Do everything you can and expect little in return. As a student, in addition to my academic responsibilities, I represented my department in student government, was an outreach liaison to a conservation ...

Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out

Social media utilities have made it easier than ever to know about the range of online or offline social activities one could be engaging. On the upside, these social resources provide a multitude of opportunities for interactio n; on the downside, they often broadcast more options than can be pursued , given practical restrictions and limited time. This dual nature of social media has driven p...