Social Dying

December 20, 2009 · Posted in Future of News, Social Media 

The Way It Was Then

8:00 AM
Celebrity sent to hospital

10:00 AM
Celebrity pronounced dead

6:00 PM
Local TV announces death

Next Morning
Story printed on page 9 of the local newspaper

The Way It Is Now

8:00 AM
Celebrity sent to hospital

9:30 AM
Celebrity news site announces celebrity death

9:31 AM
Traffic on Twitter begins to explode with suspicions of drug related cardiac arrest

10:00 AM
Celebrity pronounced dead

10:30 AM
Rumors of other celebrity deaths spread on Twitter and other sites

10:45 AM
Celebrity tributes to dead celebrity begin

11:35 AM
Cable news networks announce death on network

12:00 PM
Cable news networks announce death on their web sites

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