Dissertations / Colossal dissertation problems [11]

my dissertation is due in 2 weeks time and ive been putting off doing it well until now when i dont have a choice. ive been putting off doing it and concentrating on all the other assignments ive had because i just didnt know what i was doing or trying to find out, and well now thats still the case.

the general area of interest was gender/ sexuality and advertising. i then came up with a title based on abstract i read ( i cant obtain the full one as its is spanish unlike the abstract): the construction of feminine identity in the discourse of women's magazines in britain.

i thought i would approach the adverts with a critical discourse analysis stance, and had planned to look at cosmo, asian women and essence- i wanted to also see if there were differences amongst the diff magazines aimed at diff ethnicities.

i tried to begin yesterday and i just dont know what im doing. i went out and bought an array of lifestyle magazines aimed at both men and women, as by this time i thought it would be easier to look at both men and women.

i thought i would look at how men and women are portrayed in advertisments in the perspective magazines.
is this too broad?

i thought i could look at diferent products eg skincare technology etc and see what role men and women take.

i was still interested in doin the ethnicity aspect but i dont think its viable as i cant find any lifestyle magazines aimed at black men. theres one for asian men ( asian groom and bride - its first issue out now) that is matched with asian woman and cosmo etc would be matched with esquire/fhm etc..

also i obviously only have this months edition of the magazines is that fine? as an ex-cosmopolitan reader i have loads of those available if they needed to be used.. i was planning to treat the magazines as a case study that way i thought i wouldnt have to have so many.

ive further restricted my self because i want to do a qualitatitive study as opposed to a quantitative..i dont want to have to use SPSS as we werent taught how to use it properly.

i am so utterly lost. ive been puttin my disso off for so long and now im stuck.stuck.

im so lost about how to approach this. i feel like ( well i keep telling myself) that i have enough time and i can do 2000 wrds a day to be finished in time.however i just dont know what to write.

i would appreciate any help guidance you can give me!! please help ...

im so frustrated..i come up with ideas of research that are good however i cant ever seem to follow them through.

i havent really been in touch with my supervisor much as ive felt everytime i was changing my ideas and just didnt know what i was doing. and i kept avoidin my disso my completin other assignments. the last time i was in touch with her was a month agao at which time i proposed i wanted to look at the construction of feminine identity in womens magazines that were aimed at different ethnicities. she liked this idea and asked me to come up with reaserch questions etc and see if i can apply them to the data. i put off doing that because i was tryin to meet other assignment deadlines, and well now its now ..and im stuck.