This is a photograph of the power of social media. The Molotov cocktail is an iconic symbol of social uprising and the fight against the status quo, and as such becomes an excellent representation of the power of social networking. By replacing the gasoline or petrol usually found in a glass bottle with numerous individual portraits we alter the Molotov cocktail to become one of social media that still speaks of the explosive power of such a device. While a Molotov cocktail is known as an incendiary device, social media can certainly, as seen in the the Arab Spring uprising, an incendiary network capable to spreading unrest and turmoil through its millions of links and connections to individuals throughout the world. Social media and new ideas are a potent force the likes of which have never been seen in the annals of human history. In this image the background is a stormy sky which is yet another symbol of change and unrest that fits in perfectly with the theme of social media as a force for change.

This image of a social networking Molotov cocktail is above all a visual graphic representing social media as a force for change and a challenge to the status quo and existing infrastructures and ways of being and doing business. Social media has the capacity to focus and spread a ground swell of discontent to where it becomes a new paradigm and then itself faces the forces of change.