external In the Media October 8, 2024 Matthew Schmidt, associate professor of international affairs, national security, and political science, comments that the goal of mis/dis-information is to 'flood the mediascape with false information that causes a psychological response where people are overloaded with contradictory information and respond to this cognitively by questioning all the information in the mediascape, true and outlandishly false alike.' https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/10/02/iranian-media-claims-israeli-f-35-fighters-destroyed-in-missile-strike/ matthew-schmidt news-all news-in-the-media year-2024 month-october name-matthew-schmidt