%0 Journal Article %T Ciudadanos de ficci¨Žn: discursos y derechos ciudadanos en las telenovelas mexicanas. El caso Alma de Hierro %A Franco Migues %A Darwin %J Comunicaci¨Žn y sociedad %D 2012 %I Universidad de Guadalajara %X mexican soap operas have begun to incorporate notions of citizen rights within storylines anchored to contemporary public debate. based on an analysis that followed the representation of abortion and alternative family formations in the soap opera alma de hierro, this paper argues that telenovelas' engagement with the public domain may hinder civil rights and the actors who pursue them. %K telenovelas %K citizenship %K civil rights and social representation. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0188-252X2012000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en