{"product_id":"the-age-of-manufactured-reality-usama-bajwa-9789699895715","title":"The Age of Manufactured Reality: From Fake News to Deepfakes - How Truth Is Being Systematically Deleted","description":"\u003cp\u003eTruth is no longer discovered-it is engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in an era where reality itself is curated, optimized, and manipulated. Facts compete with feelings. Evidence is overshadowed by emotion. Algorithms quietly decide what we see, believe, and ignore. In \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Manufactured Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, this powerful and unsettling book exposes how truth is being systematically distorted-and why most people don't even realize it is happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the rise of fake news and clickbait to the emergence of deepfakes and synthetic media, this book reveals how modern information systems no longer report reality-they shape it. Media incentives reward outrage over accuracy. Social platforms weaponize attention. Algorithms function as invisible editors, constructing personalized realities that fragment society and erode shared truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this book, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow fake news evolved from simple propaganda into a sophisticated system of influence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy engagement has replaced accuracy as the dominant measure of truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow algorithms personalize perception and create fragmented realities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe psychological mechanisms behind virality, outrage, and misinformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy deepfakes signal the collapse of visual proof and objective evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow trust in institutions is declining-and what replaces it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy truth is disappearing not through censorship, but through competition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about conspiracy-it is a book about systems. It explains how economic incentives, behavioral psychology, and technology combine to manufacture perception at scale. It shows how reality becomes negotiable when visibility matters more than verification, and why societies struggle to agree on even the most basic facts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet this is not a message of despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Age of Manufactured Reality\u003c\/em\u003e is ultimately a call for awareness. By understanding how modern reality is constructed, readers can begin to reclaim critical thinking, resist manipulation, and choose truth deliberately in a world designed to obscure it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are concerned about misinformation, digital manipulation, deepfakes, media power, and the future of truth itself, this book is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReality is not disappearing-but it is being rewritten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Usama Bajwa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9699895713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789699895715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rk Books Publication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Usama Bajwa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097239167231,"sku":"9789699895715","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-age-of-manufactured-reality-usama-bajwa-9789699895715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}