Yaşlılarda Ölüm Korkusunun Sosyal Medyada Yayınlanan Sağlık Haberleri Algısında FoMO Oluşturma Etkisi

Year 2022, Volume: 9 Issue: 17, 324 - 340, 31.12.2022

Mihrali Köseliören , Cihan Çakır , Sevcan Beşikci

https://doi.org/10.56133/intermedia.1180852

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Ölüm kaygısı, kişilerin yaşamları boyunca olan ve diğer korkularından önce gelen, kişinin kendisinin artık olmayacağı ve yok olacağı düşüncesiyle oluşan bir kaygıdır. Bu korku şiddetli ve acılı bir şekilde kişilerin zihninde canlanabileceği gibi duygusal ve yumuşak bir şekilde de görülebilmektedir. Burada temel olan kişinin yok olacağı ya da ölümden sonraki bilinmezlikten duyduğu kaygıdır. FoMO ise insanların günlük yaşamdaki haberleri, gelişmeleri ve bilgileri bilmeme veya kaçırmama endişesidir. FoMO teknolojik gelişmelerle ve iletişim teknolojisindeki ilerlemelerle artış göstermektedir. Bu çalışma kapsamında sağlık haberlerinin takibinde yaşlılıkla birlikte ölüm kaygısının artması ve bu durumun FoMO oluşumuna etkisi üzerinde durularak alana farklı bir boyut kazandırılması amaçlanmaktadır. Bu anlamda araştırmanın amacı, yaşlıların ölüm korkusunun sağlık haberlerinin takibi ve algılanmasında FoMO'ya yol açıp açmadığını incelemektir. Araştırma, İstanbul'da 65 yaş üstü kişilere anket uygulanarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analizden elde edilen sonuçlar, kişilerin ölüm korkusunun sağlık haberlerinin takibinde ve sağlık haberlerine olan inançlarında davranış değişiklikleri oluşturduğunu ve ölüm korkusu ile FoMO davranışları arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişkiler olduğunu ortaya koymuştur.

Keywords

sosyal medya, sağlık haberleri, FoMO, Ölüm Kaygısı, yaşlanma

The Effect of Fear of Death in The Elderly Creating FoMO on The Perception of Health News Published on Social Media

Abstract

Death anxiety is an anxiety that occurs throughout people's lives and precedes other fears, and is formed by the thought that the person will no longer exist and disappear. This fear can be seen in the minds of people in a severe and painful way, as well as in an emotional and soft way. The main thing here is the anxiety of the person's disappearance or the unknown after death. FoMO, on the other hand, is the concern of people not knowing or missing news, developments and information in daily life. FoMO is increasing with technological developments and advances in communication technology. Within the scope of this study, it is aimed to bring a different dimension to the field by focusing on the increase in death anxiety with old age in the follow-up of health news and the effect of this situation on the formation of FoMO. In this sense, the aim of the research is to examine whether the fear of death of the elderly leads to FoMO in monitoring and perceiving health news. The research was carried out by applying a questionnaire to people over the age of 65 in Istanbul. The results obtained from the analysis revealed that the fear of death caused behavioral changes in the follow-up of health news and their belief in health news, and there were positive significant relationships between fear of death and FoMO behaviors.

Keywords

Social media, health news, FoMO, Death Anxiety, aging

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