This work is directed to Information and Communication Technology in Education. Virtual environments are used as spaces of speech in a social, political and economic context. The potential of these environments is undeniable, and they have become a wide-ranging place for research and interaction. This research, which is qualitative in nature and has an analytical-descriptive format, aims to explore ethnographic spaces online, through digital social networks, discussing, according to Habermasian assumptions of the public sphere, the potential of so-called "digital influencers" to contribute to science education and the dissemination of fake news on scientific topics. In methodological terms, the study is characterized as ethnography, more specifically a netnography on social networks, preceded by a survey, via questionnaires and interviews, with primary and secondary school students of th...