How to Assess and Rank User-Generated Content on Web

Elaheh Momeni, Claire Cardie, Nicholas Diakopoulos

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

User-generated content (UGC) on the Web, especially on social media platforms, facilitates the association of additional information with digital resources and online social topics and it can provide valuable supplementary content. However, UGC varies in quality and, consequently, raises the challenge of how to maximize its utility for a variety of end-users, in particular in the age of misinformation. This study aims to provide researchers and Web data curators with answers to the following questions: (1) What are the existing approaches and methods for assessing and ranking UGC (2) What features and metrics have been used successfully to assess and predict UGC value across a range of application domains This survey is composed of a systematic review of approaches for assessing and ranking UGC: results obtained by identifying and comparing methodologies within the context of short text-based UGC on the Web. This survey categorizes existing assessment and ranking approaches into four framework types and discusses the main contributions and considerations of each type. Furthermore, it suggests a need for further experimentation and encourages the development of new approaches for the assessment and ranking.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Web Conference 2018 - Companion of the World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2018
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages489-493
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450356404
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 23 2018
Event27th International World Wide Web, WWW 2018 - Lyon, France
Duration: Apr 23 2018Apr 27 2018

Publication series

NameThe Web Conference 2018 - Companion of the World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2018

Conference

Conference27th International World Wide Web, WWW 2018
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLyon
Period4/23/184/27/18

Keywords

  • adaptive and interactive
  • assessment and ranking
  • crowd-based
  • social media
  • user-generated content

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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