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Advice from Common Sense Media editors. Fear of missing out can make social media-using teens feel stressed. Here's how you can help.
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Kyle Osborne's curator insight,
April 25, 2016 7:25 PM
Social media is constantly growing and evolving, however the focus is more towards how it can help or hinder us. Sometimes looking at it from another perspective can inform us about other ways social media can effect kids and young adults. Recently I learned about the term FOMO (fear of missing out) and the reality is that it brings on teens who feel the need to be constantly connected. Imagine if every time that your phone buzzed or chirped you had an obsessive compulsion to look at your phone. Would you really be able to know that you have a message and not check it. Teens that are unable to read them or respond develop anxiety, stop sleeping, and possibly cause depression. Something to think about is having a higher social status. If you have more friends and regularly keep in touch with more people than is there more of a need to check what people are doing. Something that could be interesting is what causes people to develop this FOMO, and how to combat the dependency that we build on social media
Camila Restrepo's curator insight,
September 25, 2020 5:44 PM
It is necessary to promote the use of social networks from a constructive perspective, where we learn to use them in the best way to take advantages of what they offer. Going back to the simple life is the answer for a more meaningful experiences and what would help us to grow as a society. This would mitigate the effect of loneliness and stress people face, allowing them to reconnect with themselves and being enable to develop and express without fear. Social networks and new technologies are of help but they should not be main reason for our lives, we just have to remember that what is off the screen is what is really worth it.
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