In doing some research for my social media essay, I came across a story of a teenage burglar, being chased across the United States, with the news of his exploits, carried by his evergrowing band of fans on the social media site of Facebook. Almost immediately, the administrators reacted to, possibly, outside pressure on the fan page. The Facebook fan club website on the teenage fugitive, Colton Harris-Moore was removed from the site.The outcry from the younger users of Facebook prompted the administrators to restore the page. In the first day it had been up, it already had 3,000 members.It was abruptly closed down on the second day, without comment, from the management.However, later that day the site was promptly restored it. oregonlive.com/news The industrial media could not have reacted any quicker than the social media did on this case, however the pressure from the social media, Facebook public seems to have had a 'tsumani' like effect on the website.
As a poscript, the 'barefoot bandit' was captured in the Bahamas on 11 July 2010, after two years on the run from the United States authorities. By this time, the number of fans on the fan Facebook numbered 68,600.perthnow.com.au
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