> Now of course email is approaching obsolescence as a communicative medium. Most people under the age of 30 think of email as an outdated mode of communication

> Now of course email is approaching obsolescence as a communicative medium. Most people under the age of 30 think of email as an outdated mode of communication used only by “old people”. In its place they text, and some still post to Facebook. They attach documents, photos, videos, and links to their text messages and Facebook posts the way people over 30 do with email. This is silly and disconnected from reality. My generation knows e-mail is ubiquitous. E-mail is seen as necessary for professional communications and everyone from the "millennial" generation realizes that once they get to college. I'm not going to text my professor or potential employer let alone contact him or her on Facebook (which I barely use anymore), when I can use the convenience of e-mail. Not only does it look more professional, but it keeps the correspondence intact within a time stamped thread.