Fear of Missing Out, Information Literacy, and Digital Wellbeing

Frequency and intensity of usage of Internet resources as such do not improve information literacy. Moreover, Internet users often suffer from the consequences of problematic Internet use and fear of missing out (FOMO). The study explores if there is a dependency between the level of information literacy and the scale of FOMO intensity among the respondents. It is based on the results of the quantitative survey realized on a representative sample of Polish Internet users, concerning the FOMO scale in a population. The analysis includes only the answers related to FOMO, information literacy, and digital wellbeing. It reveals that information literacy as such does not protect against problematic Internet use, on the contrary – sometimes it is a factor contributing to it. There is a need to include a digital wellbeing perspective in information literacy education – to put more attention on attitudes towards the Internet as an environment of everyday life.