My chosen discourse community is the yogurt community, a group of individuals that mainly exists online. This discourse community’s members consist of individuals who love to eat, surround themselves with, and discuss yogurt. As mentioned, this community primarily gathers on social media platforms as a result of COVID-19. Within this discourse community, you can find…

I, personally, am involved in multiple discourse communities varying in topic and size. While they are all different groups, they all share the fact that they are considered discourse communities by definition. Recently, the three most prominent discourse communities in my life are: The Legend of Zelda community, the Yogurt community, and the Green Love…

In all communities, there are unspoken values that are almost always unknown to the general public; and despite what some might believe, there are also unspoken values and goals in the yogurt community. These values are found when taking a deeper dive into the community and emerging yourself with it. In my experience, I have…

As time goes on, we find that there is a small community of people that has been slowly growing over time — and in this case, I am not talking about yogurt. With every year that passes, those who care about the environment find themselves growing more and more concerned. This group has grown exponentially…

Yogurt, being a household staple worldwide, has very few issues attributed with it. However, like all things, a few issues have recently arisen; most noticeably being the class action lawsuits against leading yogurt brands. The main claim of these lawsuits is that the plastic packaging leaks microplastics into the actual product. Multiple brands are involved…

The active bacteria cultures in yogurt are not the only type of “culture” that it can have. The term “culture”, loosely defined by Merriam-Webster is: a set of shared attitudes / beliefs and traits of a racial, religious, or social group. With that, people from different backgrounds have found many creative ways to bring their…

Fiona Troy Hi all! Thank you for taking your time to read this blog. My name is Fiona, a current freshman in college and I will be using this blog as an introduction (as assumed by the title). At SDSU, I am a current International Business major; but I am looking to switch to General…