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Email has taken the back seat, with Twitter, Facebook and other real-time communication driving how people communicate online. Media sources question if this really is the case. We bring you perspectives from The Wall Street Journal, FORA TV, BLORGE.com, The Sun Sentinel and CNBC.

A Wall Street Journal reporter says email no longer rules.

“Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over… The always-on connection, in turn, has created a host of new ways to communicate that are much faster than email, and more fun.”

FORA.tv brings in a different view from famous tech guru Guy Kawasaki. He says communicating on Facebook can be unproductive.

“The fact that somebody posted something on my wall is like.. you know, I’m not going to go take out five minutes to go look at my wall on Facebook. And Facebook email is point-to-point, and you have to be inside of Facebook to answer a Facebook email. I cannot do that. I need a client that can suck in email from all these addresses.”

A writer on BLORGE.COM says email is dying, as people want a 24-hour online experience.

“In the days of dial-up, we’d all be online in fits and starts, logging on, checking for messages, and then logging off again. But now most of us are connected to the Web, and each other… And with new efforts such as Google Wave on their way to increase real-time interaction even more, it looks as though email truly is heading the way of the dinosaur.”

But not everyone wants to be online all the time. Various media outlets, including the South Florida Sun Sentinel, brings us a video clip of entertainer Miley Cyrus who rapped about why she shut down her Twitter account.

“And the reasons are simple. I started Tweeting about pimples. I stopped living for moments I start living for people.”
“No more Twitter!”

Finally, a CNBC anchor says it’s all about context.

“I think what’s happening here is that email is still our corporate lingua franca. You have to make sure your boss can send you an email, but then our personal life, we’re giving up email in favor of this other stuff.”

So do you think email is dying?