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Community Bulletin Posting Sites

Discover the role and impact of bulletin boards in Twillingate and their relation to other communication tools. Learn about the differences in community dynamics through the analysis of bulletin board content and explore the reasons behind Twillingate's distinctive posting patterns.

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Community Bulletin Posting Sites

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  1. Community Bulletin Posting Sites How is Twillingate Unique?

  2. Why study bulletin boards??? • They seem to be an important communication tool, because we find them in every community. • But we don’t know very much about how they are used. • What is their role in relation to other communication tools, such as newspapers, radio, and television? • What can we learn about the differences between communities by studying their bulletin boards?

  3. What did we find in Twillingate? We found 23 Bulletin Boards… These were in private businesses, a church, the town office, and the public library.

  4. In comparison with some other communities… • We found that Twillingate’s bulletin boards had a much lower percentage of ‘commercial’ postings. And a much higher percentage of ‘informal economy’ postings. What might be the reasons for this?

  5. We also found that Twillingate had much fewer notices posted having to do with community events or voluntary associations. What might be the reasons for this??

  6. Here are some bulletin boards in other rural communities:

  7. Thank-you for your help, Twillingate! This is still a work in progress, so we may have more to share with you another time.

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