Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism

This book delves into the profound impact of trust dynamics during a vaccine scandal on democratic politics. Breaking away from conventional perspectives that perceive scandals as maintainers of the status quo, it says that vaccine-related controversies like the 2017 Dengvaxia scandal in the Philippines can reinforce trust in cultural terms.

Karl Patrick R. Mendoza is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication Research, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and Assistant Professorial Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Behavioral Sciences, De La Salle University. He earned his PhD from the University of Canterbury in 2023.