Fear of missing out e a sociedade da informação imperdível: o anseio por notícias e a recepção e interação do público da geração Z com conteúdos jornalísticos no Instagram

Abstract

The research is a monograph and focuses on the theme of Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) syndrome in the context of consumption of news on Instagram by generation Z. The cut includes in its composition young university students from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), between 18 and 25 years, from the various courses of the institution’s campuses. The objective of the study is to analyze whether FOMO syndrome actually affects the defined public with regard to the consumption of news from Instagram news profiles (newspaper profiles, news portals, journalist profiles), as well as how these individuals interact with this content (likes, comments, shares, reposts). The methodology adopted involves quantitative and qualitative analysis, with application of an online questionnaire, in addition to conducting focus groups (face-to-face and online modality) and completing a complementary questionnaire. The corpus analysis showed recurring points in users, such as the constant desire to check news on Instagram; a deregulated behavior of time use of this network; the choice of certain news profiles to deposit trust, among other points. In addition, the study applied the ONAQ questionnaire (Shabahang, Aruguete e Shim, 2021) and the C-FOMO-News scale (Hato, 2013) to the focus groups, which generated results that are consistent with the line of thought of the rest of the analysis. Thus, the data obtained in the survey indicate the presence of FOMO for consuming news on Instagram by generation Z, represented in the sample, and the main interaction actions of the participants in question with news content are: like, send to acquaintances by direct and repost in the stories, respectively.