Assessing the Quality of User-Generated Content

With the widespread use of digital cameras, imaging software, photo-sharing sites, social networks, and other related technologies, media production and consumption patterns have become much more multifaceted and complex than they used to be. User-generated content in particular has grown tremendously. As a result, quality of experience (QoE) and related quality assessment (QA) methods must also be looked at from a different angle. This paper contrasts some of the traditional quality assessment approaches with newer approaches designed for user-generated content. It also describes some sample applications we have developed.