Information display method and device

The embodiment of the invention provides an information display method and device. The method comprises the following steps of: judging whether information to be displayed is rich media information or not, wherein the rich media information contains characters and also contains pictures or videos, and the characters are overlapped on the pictures or the videos; if the information to be displayed is the rich media information, obtaining a background image; in an information display interface, overlapping the characters in the rich media information on the background image to be displayed; and when a preset gesture is detected, hiding the characters, and displaying the pictures contained in the rich media information, or playing the videos contained in the rich media information. A display method of character and picture switching display is adopted, after the rich media information is received, firstly, the pictures are hidden, and the characters are displayed; then, according to the gesture of the user, the c