Web Information Credibility: From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0

Web has been one of the major information sources in people’s daily life. However, a majority of Web information are regarded as incredible, as most Web information are not well evaluated before they are posted online. This eventually has a substantial impact on Web information utilization. For example, faked Web information will lead to wrong decision in business areas. In addition, the development of Web 2.0 makes people more convenient in producing and spreading information on the Web, which even worsens the information credibility problem on the Web. Thus, in this paper we review the current advances in the researches on Web information credibility, including related systems and methods for Web 1.0 information as well as existing studies on microblog information credibility. Finally, we propose a future research framework focusing on microblog information credibility.