On June 25th, many Americans learned about the death of Michael Jackson from the Internet. They had already learned how to use social networks to share that information — and their grief — with others, far outpacing traditional television media. Apparently, the three main broadcast works didn’t learn anything from that day. On July 7, they allowed themselves to take part in the deification of a song-and-dance man when they simply should have let their Internet properties do the work for them.
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Jackson Memorial Brought Out Worst in Networks, Best in Web
Posted by: Renay San Miguel July 10, 2009 04:00 AMOn June 25th, many Americans learned about the death of Michael Jackson from the Internet. They had already learned how to use social networks to share that information — and their grief — with others, far outpacing traditional television media. Apparently, the three main broadcast works didn’t learn anything from that day. On July 7, they allowed themselves to take part in the deification of a song-and-dance man when they simply should have let their Internet properties do the work for them.