The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between fear of missing out and
academic motivation mediated by social media addiction among emerging adulthood. The
participants involved in this research were 18 to 25 years emerging adulthood, who live in
Special Region of Yogyakarta. They were active internet users and have used the internet for
more than 6 months. Furthermore, they were students in both high school and university. The
hypothesis proposed in this study was that there is a relationship between fear of missing out
and academic motivation mediated by social media addiction. The results showed that the
hypothesis was correct. This implies that the fear of missing out is negatively correlated with
academic motivation mediated by social media addiction. However, it was discovered that there
was a positive correlation between fear of missing out and social media addiction. There was
also a negative correlation between social media addiction and academic motivation.