[Air-l] Thesis Help!

[Vandergraaf]

Hi Angela,

I got my MA in Media Studies and focused on the
construction of the popular public figure. My case
study was Keanu Reeves. My theoretical framework was
where producers of texts (both media
institutions/corporations and different types of
audencies and the actor himself) intersect - so
basically, I studied the 'intertext of keanu reeves'
and used works by Henry Jenkins, Richard Dyer, etc. If
you want to have more info me, you can email me at
shenja.vandergraaf at let.uu.nl

Shenja

--- SocAdmin <admin at sociopranos.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am currently working on my fourth year honors
> dissertation in Sociology.
> My topic is Celebrity Culture and the Rise of a
> Hollywood Star; Constructing
> Angelina Jolie.
> Basically i am interesting in looking at the social
> construction of a
> Hollywood Star with regards to how someone becomes
> famous and how this is
> ,created, maintained and perpetuated in the press.
> In particular I am
> looking at why Hollywood stars exist or at least
> some of the reasons why
> they are so popular. I have chosen Angelina Jolie to
> focus my research
> because i am already familiar with her work and she
> is a star who reached
> prominence over quite a short period of time.
> The reason I am writing in here for help is that my
> thesis is more of an
> investigation rather than a piece of work which
> searches for a conclusive
> answer to a specific question. this seems to be
> causing my supervisor some
> problems yet i personally feel that from the social
> constructionist
> standpoint it is pointless looking for a 'truth'.
> How is it possible to
> write up such a paper, where i can justify my
> methodology and approach in
> such a way that my supervisor can understand there
> is no real reason to look
> for some conclusive answer.
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> Obviously i know this doesn't fall in line with
> recent topics but you are
> all far smarter than i am so i hope you will spare a
> little time to help a
> budding academic.
> Thanks
> Angela
> P.S. My research also includes much work online
> which is originally how i
> found this forum. This is another area where my
> University is slightly
> behind but i'm hoping that if i hand in a really
> good piece of work that
> this will show them the benefits of using the
> internet as a research tool
> for future students that may follow.
> 
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