Is E-mail Becoming Passe?

July 23-2007:

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Is E-Mail Becoming Passe?

I read a Blog today about the concerns of some youth who feel that e-mailing friends are a thing of the past. Some say Text Messaging is the way to go, and the future.

But is that really the case?

Hitherto Text Messaging, E-mail was regarded as the medium for sending and receiving large volumes of Text messages, pictures, employment applications, resumes, etc. Could text messaging do these things adequately?
I think not, for the following reasons.

* Not all users of the Internet can afford the cost of text messages.

* Not all Internet users indulge in incessant chatting with acquaintances and friends.

* And potential employers would still like to connect with potential employees via e-mail, because it is easier, quicker, and more realistic to their mode of communication and business.

* And I am sure most adults and seniors would prefer to have the ability to SPELL-OUT exactly what they want to say in text form. Than be limited to Telegram Style text messages.

However, Text Messaging may be the primary domain of youth, and those who indulge in incessant chats with friends, buddies, lovers, and mates. But e-mail still has a realistic role to play in the current Internet mode of global communication.

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.