Does Anyone Collect Old Emails? - Review

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In Summery of an article in The New York Times "Does Anyone Collect Old Emails?" In this article they are talking about how paper tickets, printed pictures, and other hard copies are good memorabilia.

Hard copies of tickets from games and pictures that where taken hold sentimental for people when going to a game they can keep it in rembrance of that event. These ticket stubs that are kept from long ago can even be worth money nowadays.

Now that is over and all tickets are going to be going digital to phones and tablets. The Major League teams in baseball have now eliminated paper tickets and they are not to only ones. Play bills and diplomas are also starting to follow suit.

This is said to be sad because there is something special about having that since of having a tangible product in your hands. According to Andrew Hoskins a Professor of social Science at the University of Glasgow, concluded that: "Despite the decay and wear and tear of photographs, letters and other objects that are reminders of people and past experiences, their keeping is like holding onto those people and experiences" In conclusion People hold on to physical Items better then digital items.

In Review The article is starting that the fact that printed items are going away is a pitfall. Even though digital Items may be more convenient. Now that this year printed items are becoming less and less frequent this is changing things. Although nothing will ever take the place of printed documents.

The Article Seemed to be credible because of the expert quotations that where pulled in. The title is relevant and it uses emotional appeal to pull you in and read.

Original Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/opinion/memory-collections.html?searchResultPosition=1