I would like to examine Michael Jackon's death, not just as a loss of a global icon, but a global media event that would not be possible without the advents of technology in the digital age. Because the first news of Jackson's death came from a celebrity gossip website, TMZ.com, and not from a traditional news outlet, this celebrity death is the beginning of a new type of coverage. Jackson's funeral was broadcast live around the world, which was watched by an audience of up to one billion people, also creating another global event.
I will also be examining Freud's writings on mourning and melancholia, in order to make sense of the fan hysteria over the loss of Michael Jackson, especially the twelve suicides that took place around the world after his passing.
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