Email: Essential Form of Communication

For most of the Internet users living in current digital age, email has become one of the most popular and necessary forms of communication. Even though some people would argue that using emails takes up too much of their time and also that it renders people in physical isolation, I feel that email has a lot more advantages than disadvantages. By using emails, people can send their messages in mere seconds and communicate with those anywhere in the world with the Internet access. Email also has some unique features that other types of communication (telephones, etc) do not possess, such as attaching files or seding the same message to many people at once. Nowadays, it is hard to find someone at work or school who does not have an email account. Whether it is used for the purpose of saying hello to a remote friend or making contract between two companies, email has certainly become a necessity in people's lives.

I believe that email is one of the fastest and easiest ways of communication, and I use it everyday, mostly for sending out emails to the professors, GSIs, or my friends in Korea. If I were in a situation in which I am unable to access to my email for an extended period of time, I would definitely feel very anxious, constantly thinking about important messages that I might have missed, if there were any. It's not like I would be in a big trouble because there are other types of communicating methods that I use frequently, but since email has become an essential part of my life, I would feel very uneasy if I could not use it. My life would be much more challenging without emails.