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# Clay Shirky @ TED ON Social Media
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/clay-shirky/
- Published: 2009-08-10T05:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-08-10T05:06:00.000Z
- Description: Clay Shirky shows how Twitter, Facebook, SMS and other social media are demolishing the top-down control of news and information. His examples are political, but they ring true for music. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/08/clay-shirky.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[Clay Shirky](http://www.ted.com/speakers/clay%5Fshirky.html?ref=hypebot.com) shows how Twitter, Facebook, SMS and other social media are demolishing the top-down control of news and information. His examples are political, but they ring true for music journalism and this video is a must see for anyone interested in social media. Quick takeaway: the majority of information sources are now driven by amateurs not professionals. Think about what that means…

The next time you need a little inspiration and out of the box thinking, spend some time watching videos from the TED conferences [here.](http://www.ted.com/?ref=hypebot.com)