Email is one of the main staples of the information age. While it may not be as new of a technology as social media sites and messaging apps, it is still an important and useful too for social and professional communication around the world. In my search for the earliest use of the term "Email" or electronic messaging, it became obvious at how important email was becoming in professional circles. The New York Times article, from 1993, talked about more about email on the local level, but spoke a lot about its future potential to work on a worldwide scale, across networks. Email was being seen as an important tool in the economic development of the United States, as it was seen as having the ability to increase productivity. It also talked heavily on how, because of the importance of email in business, companies such as PC and Microsoft were planning to make email a key feature in all future processing systems produced by their companies.
After searching through articles on ProQuest, Project Muse, and JStor, I found that most articles were very optimistic about the potential impact of email, and the need for firms and individuals to convert to it. I found an article on ProQuest entitled, "The E-mail Edge", the author expresses the need for companies and firms to convert telecommunication to e-mail as soon as possible. It talked about the increase in speed and efficiency that e-mail provides, and most importantly the ability to thread and integrated documents, files, and links. There was however, some criticism about that threat of email, in "The E-mail Edge", the author states "There are times when E-mail isn't the best form of communication to use. Telephone conversations, for example, are often more comprehensive and convenient." Overall, when email was first coming on to the scene, it was seen solely as a professional tool to use to increases productivity in firms. Today, however, it is as much a personal and social tool as a professional one, and still very important to our society.
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