Pablo M. Flores

Pablo M Flores

Graduate Student

Kerr Hall 169

Education

  • B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

About

Pablo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication at UC Davis, where he focuses on studying information dynamics in online environments. His research has examined topics such as online collective emotions, information-sharing behaviors, and the impact of algorithmic filtering on content availability for users. He is a member of the C²Lab and employs a variety of computational methods to approach his research from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Before starting his graduate program, Pablo worked at the School of Communication at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Initially, he served as an engineer, leading a team in the development of a suite of web applications for communication processes. Later, he held the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Pablo's work has been published in various academic venues, including the Journal of Computational Social Science, Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Disasters, and Palabra Clave.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Flores, P. M., & Hilbert, M. (2023). Lean-back and lean-forward online behaviors: The role of emotions in passive versus proactive information diffusion of social media content. Computers in Human Behavior, 147, 107841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107841
  • Flores, P. M. & Hilbert, M. (2023). Temporal communication dynamics in the aftermath of large-scale upheavals: do digital footprints reveal a stage model? Journal of Computational Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-023-00218-7
  • Hilbert, M., Thakur, A., Flores, P. M., Zhang, X., Bhan, J. Y., Bernhard, P. & Ji, F. (2023). (Revise and resubmit) Recommender algorithms do no harm ~90% but… an exploratory risk-utility meta analysis of algorithmic audits. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4426783
  • Mujica, C., Grassau, D., Bachmann, I., Herrada, N., Flores, P. M. & Puente, M. S. (2020). Percepciones de la audiencia respecto del uso del melodrama en noticias por televisión: entre el entusiasmo y el desprecio. Palabra Clave, 23(4), e2341. https://doi.org/10.5294/pacla.2020.23.4.1
  • Puente, S., Marín, H., Alvarez, P., Flores, P. M. & Grassau, D. (2019) Mental Health and Media Links Based on Hobfoll’s Five Elements to Overcome Trauma: The Case of the Chilean 2010 Earthquake. Disasters, 43 (3), 555-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12377
  • Valenzuela, S., Puente, S. & Flores, P. M. (2017). Comparing Disaster News on Twitter and Television: An intermedia agenda setting perspective. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 61 (4), 615-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2017.1344673

Book chapters

  • Fernández, F. & Flores, P. M. (2015). En búsqueda del usuario final y propuesta visual de la plataforma (User experience and visual proposal for the final costumer of the platform). In S. Pellegrini (Ed), Ordenando el caos: Gestión y modelamiento de los procesos de la industria de la comunicación, (pp. 207-243), Santiago, Chile, Ediciones UC.

Awards

Honors and Awards

  • 2018. Top poster award (first place). Communication and Technology Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. Prague, CZ.

Fellowships and Grants

  • 2019. Complex Systems Summer School Scholarship, Santa Fe Institute.
  • 2018. Taiwan Fellowship 2018, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • 2016. Teaching Innovation Grant, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • 2003 - 2010. Juan Gómez Millas Scholarship, Chilean Ministry of Education.