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. --------------------------- Sociopranos - Society Redefined: All new members welcome! www.sociopranos.com eLearning, ICT and Social Inclusion Discussion Forum http://bbs.odeluce.stir.ac.uk