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.
We found 23 Community Bulletin Posting sites.
These were in private businesses, … ( look this up)
In relation to other communities, we found that Twillingate had a much lower percentage of ‘commercial’ postings, and a much higher percentage of ‘informal economy’ postings (explain).
Also in relation to other communities, Twillingate had much fewer postings having to do with community events. In fact, only 4 out of every 100 notices posted in Twillingate were about community events, whereas in another community 42 out of every 100 notices were about community events.

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. What might be the reasons for this??
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.
Thank-you for your help, Twillingate!