Media attention drove Twitter’s share of searchers on the Iran Election to record heights two weeks ago. A barrage of mainstream media and blogosphere chatter swarmed the digerati’s collective consciousness, fusing their favorite techno-democratic phenom with Iranian political discontent.
Then the white glove dropped. MJ’s passing sent amegaton shock through the worldwide pop firmament of Planet Earth, rousing memories of Thriller from billions, even the Haters.
The web was not spared.Visitors shattered records Yahoo! News. Tweets swarmedacross Twitter. Video streamsflooded the online channels CNN and MTV. And updatesexploded at Facebook. As CNN reported, “Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him.”
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