@article{Reagle_2015, title={Following the Joneses: FOMO and conspicuous sociality}, volume={20}, url={https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6064}, DOI={10.5210/fm.v20i10.6064}, abstractNote={<p>I argue that the proliferation of the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and its siblings (FOBO, FODA, MOMO, FODO) can be understood as envy-related anxiety about missed experiences (fear of missing out) and belonging (fear of being left out). Beyond feelings, people who speak of FOMO also speak of it as a behavior, most often as a compulsivity (related to what I characterize as conspicuous sociality) and as an illness to be remedied. And although FOMO is often seen as a recent phenomenon, I argue it is a continuation of a centuries-old concern and discourse about media-prompted envy and anxiety (<em>i.e.</em>, “keeping up with the Joneses” and <em>neurasthenia</em>).</p>}, number={10}, journal={First Monday}, author={Reagle, Joseph}, year={2015}, month={Oct.} }