Gambaran Nomophobia Pengguna Media Sosial Di Pekanbaru

Nowadays, technology advances are growing very fast. The rapid advancement of communication technology has a positive impact on people's lives, one of which is a means of communication that is getting faster and more efficient. Excessive use of information technology such as smartphones can have a negative impact on users. One of them is addiction so that fear and anxiety arise when you can't use a smartphone. This disorder is called nomophobia. The purpose of this study was to find out the description of Nomophobia of media users in Pekanbaru. This study involved active social media users who were selected using the Non Probability Sampling technique. The data collection tool uses a scale. The results of this study indicate that the majority of nomophobia of social media users in Pekanbaru are in the moderate category, namely 35.4% as many as 79 people. Based on gender, the highest tendency for nomophobia is that men have a higher tendency for nomophobia than women. Based on age, namely at the age of 21-30 years, it is included in the moderate category, which is 37.14%. Based on occupation, the nomophobia tendency of social media users who work and do not work together is in the moderate category. Based on status, the level of nomophobia of married social media users is in the high category, which is 38.15% and social users who have not worked are in the medium category, which is 35.37%