Michael Jackson Facebook Page Explodes
What is faster than the speed of light? Perhaps the rise of social media attention to a news story these days. Michael Jackson supposedly had 80,000 fans last week prior to his death. Today his Facebook page has over 6.5 million fans! Wow!
The news has been full of Jackson’s untimely death and memorial services. I heard a projection that it will be the largest memorial service of all time. The economy of California, which has been struggling more than most of the country, is expected to see a surge of spending from the travel to Jackson’s memorial services. Would you have predicted this kind of attention?
I love Michael Jackson’s music. I will never forget the Jackson 5 or the Thriller or the Michael Jackson dance. It was part of my generation, so I guess I thought it only appealed to my crowd, but I guess his music and impact was more timeless and universal than I would have expected.
I am in Lithuania on a mission trip. This country, for the most part, was cut off from Western civilization for the many years of Soviet occupation/Communism. In the first few days we have been here I have heard numerous accounts of how sterile an environment the country was during those years. Apparently, however, one part of the Western world managed to find it’s way through to this culture. The name is Michael Jackson.