Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Bartın Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, cilt.8, sa.2, ss.733-783, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
The togetherness of smartphones and social media has emerged two negative
phenomena called Nomophobia and FoMO. Nomophobia, the fear of no mobile
phone, and FoMO, the fear of missing out developments on social media, present a
risk especially for university students. University students now have longer durations
of social media and smartphone usage due to Nomophobia and FoMO. With this
increase in usage, university students are more likely to be predisposed to
Nomophobia and FoMO, and therefore, have problems leading to fear, anxiety and
stress. This study aimed to identify pre-service teachers’ metaphorical perceptions of
smartphone, Nomophobia and FoMO. In the literature, studies on Nomophobia and
FoMO have been conducted as quantitative research. This study was designed with
mixed method which includes at least one quantitative and one qualitative method.
The findings of the study differed by smartphone usage duration of the pre-service
teachers and their scores of the Nomophobia Questionnaire and the FoMO scale.
According to the findings, the participants frequently used the metaphors of “friend,
organ, eating, need, lover” for smartphone, “being lonely, nothingness” for
Nomophobia and “failing to be up to date, necessity” for FoMO.