Karl Patrick R. Mendoza

Happy to share I’ve signed a new book contract with Routledge🎉

This is a more theoretical follow-up to Navigating Trust—part 2 of a planned 3-book arc on trust & scandals in the Global South.

Our new SSRN preprint is out: In Relation, Not Replacement. We push back against calls to ban generative AI in qualitative research by reframing reflexivity as relational, mediated, and plural.

Download here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Cooking outside the PhD Photo by Webvilla on Unsplash. Most research development models assume that time, energy, and executive functioning are equally distributed across scholars. They aren’t. Especially not for early ca…

I just published a new piece with @therealrw.bsky.social: “Cooking Outside the PhD.”
researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/18/c...

I wrote this for scholars whose research lives don’t fit the linear PhD–postdoc–tenure template.

A shiny new project ahead. Just signed with Vernon Press for "Scaffolding the Self: Neurodivergent Life, Care, and Relational Sovereignty in the Academy" (out 2027).

This is my first full-length venture into neurodiversity scholarship!

Just out in International Journal of Communication: my article “Scandal as Constructivation.” It argues that scandals in Southeast Asia aren’t mere exposures—but performances of trust and legitimacy. A small proof that theory can grow from the local.

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I’m inviting you to the opening of my book launch series on Sept 24, 3–5 PM PHT:

“Trust, Scandal, and the State: A National Conversation on Journalism, Democracy, and Public Life.”

Navigating Trust is now available with @routledgebooks.bsky.social.

Order now!
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Out tomorrow: Navigating Trust (Routledge, 2025) — my book on journalism, health, and democracy in the Global South, told through the Dengvaxia vaccine scandal in the Philippines.

Years in the making. Grateful for everyone who walked this road with me.

Secure a copy now
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Excited to share that my book, Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism, is now available for pre-order.

Grateful for this endorsement from Prof. @swaisbord.bsky.social.

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Ships after August 19, 2025.

My book, Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism, is now available for pre-order.

Pre-order here:
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Fresh off the press!

My first solo Q1 article—and first in a top media and comms journal—is now live in @mcsjournal.bsky.social 💫

📝 Held in trust: Relational sovereignties and the affective life of communication
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0163...

📘 My book "Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism" drops Aug 19 via Routledge.

Pre-order alerts now open: www.routledge.com/9781032848464

Hardback’s a bit pricey, I know—but great for keeps. Working on paperback/ebook options too.

#TrustCultures #Dengvaxia #GlobalSouth

In the Philippines, “drug use” still brings to mind the adik. “Mental health” still echoes baliw.
But what about those of us quietly relying on licit meds—like Ritalin—to survive academic life?

This is my small contribution to that harder conversation.

📝 doi.org/10.31235/osf...

I am grateful to share that my solo article, "Held in Trust: Relational Sovereignties and the Affective Life of Communication," will appear in the Crosscurrents section of Media, Culture, and Society @mcsjournal.bsky.social

#TrustCultures #GlobalSouthScholarship #RelationalSovereignty #AcademicLife

Rethinking “Cognitive Debt”: A Neurodivergent Response to MIT’s Brain-on-ChatGPT Study In a widely circulated preprint titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing,” researchers from MIT Media Lab argue that reliance on ChatG...

Read that recent viral post on “cognitive debt” and ChatGPT?

The one based on the MIT Media Lab study showing how AI might impair memory, engagement, and learning?

Well, here’s my take.

Share around folks!

This is my first attempt at joining the conversation here on LinkedIn. | Karl Patrick Mendoza This is my first attempt at joining the conversation here on LinkedIn. I respond to the recent MIT study on “cognitive debt” and ChatGPT use in writing. While the study raises important concerns, I o...

Heard or read about that MIT study on cognitive decline and ChatGPT?

This is my brief and preliminary response.

Last day to express interest in my 12-week online course on qualitative data analysis with MAXQDA.
Covers RTA + MCDA, starts July 5.
Only 6 slots left.
₱2,000 (students) / ₱3,000 (professionals)

Form: forms.gle/6poc432Ydudn...
Details: drive.google.com/file/d/1u56d...

🆕 Preprint now out via SocArXiv: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

This is the first paper from our Tiwala at Pagsunod (TaP) project. We argue that political trust in the Philippines is not pre-political or abstract—it’s moral, relational, and lived.

Reposting for visibility!

My book, Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism, is in production with Routledge. It explores trust and crisis in the Philippines through the Dengvaxia scandal.

Scan the QR code on the cover or sign up here for updates: forms.gle/TH9cBYgm3qTn...

Join my first online certificate course on qualitative data analysis with @maxqda.bsky.social !
12 weeks, RTA + MCDA, rates: ₱2,000 (students) / ₱3,000 (professionals).
Only 20 slots. Starts July 5.
Forms close June 12.

Form: forms.gle/6poc432Ydudn...

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My first book, "Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism," is in production with Routledge. If you would like to receive updates and join the mailing list, please sign up here: forms.gle/jatqEJGeZGZn....

Just out: my OSF preprint
Cognitive Scaffolds, Not Caves
doi.org/10.31219/osf...

Not a love letter to AI. Not a takedown either.

It’s a neurodivergent scholar’s account of using ChatGPT to stay present, make sense, and write from the margins.

Not just a course, but a culture: the Hidden Curriculum of undergraduate research education Dr Karl Patrick R. Mendoza, Associate Professor at the Department of Communication Research Polytechnic University of the Philippines I used to think the syllabus was the limit. If it wasn’t on the…

Just published my first piece on SoTL and relational pedagogy—on how trust, care, and culture shaped the way I taught qualitative research at PUP.
Read here: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/n...
#SoTL #Pedagogy #QualMethods

New preprint up: When Trust Divides: Scandals, Populists, and the Fragility of Democratic Legitimacy.
doi.org/10.31219/osf...

This is part of my broader trust, media, and crisis politics project. I would welcome your thoughts and engagement.

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve recently been accepted into the MAXQDA Trainers Network! It took a bit of time to finalize everything, but I’m glad it’s now official.

Link to my trainer profile: www.maxqda.com/workshoptrai...

🆕 Pre-print out now:
Widening the Frame: Trust, Culture, and the Emotional Life of Publics
📌 doi.org/10.31219/osf...

#TrustCultures #PhilippineStudies #CulturalPolitics #PostdisciplinaryResearch

Tiwala at Pagsunod: A Five-Year Qualitative Study of Trust and Submission in Three Philippine Cities The study examines the relationship between citizens and local governments in the Philippines, focusing on three cities with different leadership styles: Pasig City's reformist transparency, Naga City...

📝 Our pre-registered proposal for the Tiwala at Pagsunod (TaP) Project is now approved & public on OSF!

We’re exploring how tiwala (trust) & pagsunod (submission) shape everyday governance in Pasig, Naga, & Davao.

🔗 doi.org/10.17605/OSF...

#TrustStudies #QualResearch #OpenScience #TaPProject

Just shared my latest piece on OSF Preprints: “Trust Cultures in Crisis”—on how trust fractures in public scandals like Dengvaxia (doi.org/10.31219/osf...)

Preprints matter. Visibility matters. Hope more early career folks consider this route.

Online Demand Survey: PhD in Interdisciplinary Communication Studies (By Research) Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Graduate School A Research-Intensive PhD for the ASEAN and Global South The Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Communication Studies (By Research) a...

We invite interested individuals to fill out the online demand survey for our planned offering of the Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Communication Studies (By Research) at PUP Graduate School.

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Critiquing power and ethics: Teaching multimodal critical discourse analysis and ethical literary criticism through Amazon Prime’s The Boys This paper demonstrates how to conduct a multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) of video materials, explicitly focusing on Amazon Prime’s The Boys, and combines this analysis with ethical li...

Our article “Critiquing Power and Ethics: Teaching Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis and Ethical Literary Criticism through The Boys,” has been published in Communication Teacher (Scopus Q3).

Here is the link to the article: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PPMC2...