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Research On WeChat Information Use Behavior Of College Students Under The Phenomenon Of FoMO

Posted on:2021-02-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T GuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2427330623976825Subject:Library and Information Science
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As social media such as WeChat are increasingly connected with people's lives,users' dependence on social media is also increasing dramatically.Social media is the main purpose and function of information sharing,so when the user lose instant contact with social media,there might be Missing Out on anxiety,Fear of Missing Out,FOMO)phenomenon,miss anxiety refers to some social control always worry about miss what's happening in the "friends",if cannot view social media will feel anxiety.It has become normal for college students to keep their mobile phones away from their bodies.This paper takes college students' WeChat user group as the research object to explore their WeChat information use behavior under the phenomenon of miss anxiety,so as to help college students correctly understand miss anxiety and guide them to use social media reasonably.At home and abroad based on the collection and analysis on miss anxiety phenomenon,information behavior under the network environment,and the use of social media,on the basis of three aspects: literature,combining with theory,miss anxiety,user information behavior theory and motivation theory,summarizes the phenomenon of college students in miss WeChat information using behavior of specific characteristics,to build miss WeChat anxiety phenomenon of college students information using behavioral model.Finally,this paper USES the questionnaire for data collection,information under miss anxiety phenomenon for college students,analyzing the present situation and problems of using behavior on the basis of college students under the main information of miss anxiety phenomenon using behavior characteristics were discussed,thus put forward improvement suggestion and WeChat platform information service information missing mitigation measures of anxiety.Through the analysis of the sample data of the questionnaire,the results show that: most of the college students generally have different degrees of missing anxiety phenomenon;The frequency and duration of WeChat used by college students are generally high.The gender and education level of college students affect the content of their missing anxiety.The informationcontent of college students' missing anxiety mainly includes work information,social information and learning information.The main way for college students to obtain information of missing anxiety on WeChat is information browsing;The most common way for college students to process and use the information of missing anxiety is to check the information of missing anxiety.Information behavior under the phenomenon of missing anxiety will have an impact on college students' study and life.According to the results of questionnaire analysis,this paper puts forward some Suggestions: set special reminders for important messages to prevent missing important information;Distract yourself by listening to music,etc.Maintain a good attitude and calmly analyze the causes of anxiety and the possible consequences of missing information;Improve personal information literacy,improve the efficiency of information acquisition,reduce missing anxiety time;Try to share as much information as possible to help others alleviate their anxiety of missing out;Optimize WeChat platform services.
Keywords/Search Tags:Fear of missing out, Information requirements, Information acquisition, Information processing and use
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