Are We Getting Their Messages?

In a world of messages we have to wonder if we’re really getting them? Voicemails, emails and texting have taken over where once letters were the norm. We have even developed a shorthand version of our words so we don’t have to type as much. I often wonder if this stunts our conversations? Can I really get to know someone with a sentence here and there in an email? Will a text show me their real heart?