YouTube: Broadcast to everyone
Katie McBride
Issue date: 11/29/07 Section: Features
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Imagine you are sitting at your computer checking your e-mail when all of a sudden a photograph pops up of your high school's assistant cheerleading coach and one of your fellow cheerleaders topless. You are shocked, confused and a little embarrassed for both of them. You wonder what exactly the circumstances were that caused the photo to be taken.
Well, you would certainly not be the only one wondering that.
In the small town of Goshen, Ohio, this scenario actually took place. The assistant football coach at Goshen High School, 19-year-old Andrew Emerson, hosted a party at his home in Blanchester, Ohio.
The assistant cheerleading coach, 19-year-old Victoria Schattauer, allegedly went into the bathroom of the house and took a topless photo with a 15-year-old freshman cheerleader, according to enquirer.com.
Both have since been fired from their positions, and the cheerleader has faced disciplinary actions, according to msnbc.com.
This photograph has sparked intense media coverage and investigations by the school and the Blanchester police. Mass news organizations such as MSNBC have picked up the photo and paired it with a news story in which they say, "Both young ladies are topless and they have some explaining to do."
The photograph brings to light several questions about what people are choosing to put on the Internet and how these choices can affect their lives.
In a world where technology is booming and you can find just about anyone on the Internet, people need to be more careful about what they choose to put online and to whom they choose to make it available.
The case of the cheerleaders is, of course, just one of many cases in which people post private information or photos without thinking about the consequences of making these things public.
But the truth is, almost nothing online is private. Somehow, everything that is put online on an assumedly private page usually ends up being visible to people who were not the intended viewers.
Well, you would certainly not be the only one wondering that.
In the small town of Goshen, Ohio, this scenario actually took place. The assistant football coach at Goshen High School, 19-year-old Andrew Emerson, hosted a party at his home in Blanchester, Ohio.
The assistant cheerleading coach, 19-year-old Victoria Schattauer, allegedly went into the bathroom of the house and took a topless photo with a 15-year-old freshman cheerleader, according to enquirer.com.
Both have since been fired from their positions, and the cheerleader has faced disciplinary actions, according to msnbc.com.
This photograph has sparked intense media coverage and investigations by the school and the Blanchester police. Mass news organizations such as MSNBC have picked up the photo and paired it with a news story in which they say, "Both young ladies are topless and they have some explaining to do."
The photograph brings to light several questions about what people are choosing to put on the Internet and how these choices can affect their lives.
In a world where technology is booming and you can find just about anyone on the Internet, people need to be more careful about what they choose to put online and to whom they choose to make it available.
The case of the cheerleaders is, of course, just one of many cases in which people post private information or photos without thinking about the consequences of making these things public.
But the truth is, almost nothing online is private. Somehow, everything that is put online on an assumedly private page usually ends up being visible to people who were not the intended viewers.