{"product_id":"propaganda-20-rapush-durollari-9798247706755","title":"Propaganda 2.0: How Power, Media, and Algorithmic Systems Shape Belief","description":"\u003cb\u003ePROPAGANDA 2.0\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Power, Media, and Algorithmic Systems Shape Belief\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicture a busy subway platform. A short video clip goes viral. One commuter laughs while scrolling her phone. Nearby, others glance over. Within minutes, screens glow across the platform as people absorb the same moment, the same idea-without debate, explanation, or intent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is how belief spreads now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn today's world, algorithms, attention markets, and identity-based systems shape what people believe far more than logic or persuasion. Beliefs form through repetition, timing, emotional resonance, and environmental pressure-often without conscious choice. Mental shortcuts like the availability heuristic (what we see often feels important) and the fluency effect (what feels familiar feels true) quietly do the work arguments once did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePropaganda 2.0\u003c\/b\u003e is not a book about messaging tricks, political ads, or persuasion tactics. It is a systems-level examination of how belief forms, stabilizes, and resists correction in environments shaped by media platforms, economic incentives, and algorithmic selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book shows how profit-driven engagement systems reward speed, emotion, and familiarity over accuracy-and how those incentives quietly shape what societies come to accept as \"true.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explains why: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFacts often arrive too late to matter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorrections can strengthen false beliefs rather than weaken them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducation struggles to compete with continuous exposure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentity and status make belief revision costly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersuasion fails even when arguments are accurate and well-intended\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePropaganda 2.0\u003c\/b\u003e argues that the problem is not irrational people-it is rational systems producing predictable outcomes. Attention, repetition, emotional signaling, and structural limits now do what persuasion once claimed to do. Where belief once formed through discussion and deliberation, it now emerges through filtered exposure and automated amplification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross everyday contexts-adulthood, workplaces, gendered roles, childhood environments, and digital platforms-the book explains why the same system feels different to different people. A fast, swipe-based TikTok feed creates a radically different belief environment than a structured workplace inbox. Disagreement, the book shows, often reflects exposure differences rather than ignorance or bad faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its final sections, \u003cb\u003ePropaganda 2.0\u003c\/b\u003e moves beyond persuasion and correction toward \u003cb\u003eorientation\u003c\/b\u003e: a realistic way of understanding what can and cannot be changed in complex belief systems. Instead of offering false hope or control, it offers clarity-about limits, leverage, and where effort still matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is for readers who: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSense that arguments no longer work the way they used to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeel exhausted by endless correction cycles and online conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant to understand belief without moralizing or blaming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre ready to trade illusion for accuracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePropaganda 2.0\u003c\/b\u003e does not promise to change minds.\u003cbr\u003eIt explains why that expectation itself has become outdated-and what becomes possible once you see the system clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rapush Durollari\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798247706755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Rapush Durollari","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443159150847,"sku":"9798247706755","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50fdc30b-12d6-4ee9-9b9a-35f147e3fd97.jpg?v=1777202235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/propaganda-20-rapush-durollari-9798247706755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}