This statistic illustrates the frequency of social media platform usage by internet users in Poland who are afraid of missing out on social networks as of March 2018. According to the survey, social networkers with high FOMO* declared more intensive use of social media platforms. Every second respondent described their use as an intensive one, while the same declaration had been made by every third person in the group of general social media users.
Frequency of social media platform usage by internet users who are afraid of missing out on social networks in Poland as of March 2018
* According to Andrew K.Przybylski, Kou Murayama, Cody R.DeHaan, Valerie Gladwell publication titled "Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out" - Fear of Missing Out, popularly referred to as FOMO is defined as a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent. FOMO is characterized by the desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.
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Faculty of Journalism Information and Book Studies (University of Warsaw). (October 15, 2018). Frequency of social media platform usage by internet users who are afraid of missing out on social networks in Poland as of March 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 20, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982093/poland-social-media-usage-by-fomo-users/
Faculty of Journalism Information and Book Studies (University of Warsaw). "Frequency of social media platform usage by internet users who are afraid of missing out on social networks in Poland as of March 2018." Chart. October 15, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982093/poland-social-media-usage-by-fomo-users/
Faculty of Journalism Information and Book Studies (University of Warsaw). (2018). Frequency of social media platform usage by internet users who are afraid of missing out on social networks in Poland as of March 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982093/poland-social-media-usage-by-fomo-users/
Faculty of Journalism Information and Book Studies (University of Warsaw). "Frequency of Social Media Platform Usage by Internet Users Who Are Afraid of Missing out on Social Networks in Poland as of March 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982093/poland-social-media-usage-by-fomo-users/
Faculty of Journalism Information and Book Studies (University of Warsaw), Frequency of social media platform usage by internet users who are afraid of missing out on social networks in Poland as of March 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982093/poland-social-media-usage-by-fomo-users/ (last visited August 20, 2022)