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Wednesday, April 24 • 11:00am - 12:30pm
I-Dosing: Fact or Fiction?

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Is it actually possible for a person to get high simply off of music? This is a topic many people are questioning after students at Mustang high school, in Oklahoma, claimed to be “intoxicated” from listening to these certain MP3s. This research paper will cover the moral panic known as I-Dosing. It is thought that high school students are using MP3s in order to get the same effect as certain drugs. This moral panic began in Oklahoma; but in recent years has spread not only across the United States, but also around the world. This moral panic began in 2010 after teenagers at Mustang high school blamed their erratic behavior on I-Dosing. The grassroots public for this moral panic is the parents and teachers of high school students. The moral entrepreneur in this moral panic is the high schools, where I-Dosing is supposedly happening. High schools are benefitting from this because they now have a reason to outlaw MP3 players and even phones from school; therefore, cutting down on distractions in class. High schools are not the only ones benefiting from this recent trend, websites selling these “drug like” MP3s are also getting publicity, causing people to go to their websites out of sheer curiosity. The ‘folk devil’ for this moral panic are the websites who vendor these illicit songs. Readers should care about this moral panic because it leaves many questions, examples being does I-Dosing actually “work?” If so, how do these digital drugs work? And should these digital drugs be outlawed? This research paper will do an in depth analysis of I-Dosing while answering all of these questions.


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Wednesday April 24, 2013 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Wilma Sherrill Center, Concourse