Much will be said over the next week or so about the passing of two iconic celebrities Thursday, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, whose work will forever be associated with particular moments in our cultural history. I was a teenager at the height of Farah Fawcett’s launch and was well aware of the impact of her world-famous poster on all my male teenage friends. I also danced to many of MJ’s top 10 singles and watched his life choices play out over the national stage.
Today, the social Web, as we saw happen with Iran, impacts the movement of information about these two well known celebrities. Beyond Twitter and some blog entries, many sites have moved toward the artful use of visualization software to capture the impact and tremendous activity of newsworthy information. A day like today is when their stories play out. Continue reading “Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and social visualization”
