Punctuation marks that look like smiley faces express happiness on a new communication tool known as “Internet”. The computer network is already being used by 15 million people worldwide to chat or do important research. Communication may be anonymous and isolated, but there’s always someone to talk to about sports, recipes or politics.

“In this world there’s a table with a big sign on it saying football,” explains a computer expert in this CBC Television clip below.

There is a specific sense of community and fellowship on Internet, television reporter Bill Cameron demonstrates in a “real-time chatroom.”

From October 8, 1993.