Communication TOday

While we have some many ways to communicate today, why is it so easy to not do it anymore?  Maybe I am old fashion but face to face and talking on the telephone are still my choice.  There is so much more being communicated than just words (I do love to read people's body language).  I guess you could use an emoticon on an email, text or twitter post, but it just doesn't seem to be the same.  I am hopeful that people will figure this out in the future (or maybe I will figure out how to integrate all of these technologies).  Now I have to go check Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snap Chat, Instagram, my text messages and my email to see if people have responded...