DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA NO YOUTUBE: A NATUREZA DAS PERGUNTAS PRESENTES NOS COMENTÁRIOS DE UM VÍDEO DO CANAL NERDOLOGIA.

This article presents the process of identification, analysis and characterization of questions asked by Internet users in the comments of the video entitled "Alquimia e como fazer ouro" on the "Nerdologia" YouTube channel. This is a qualitative study that uses online data collection as its method. All questions asked from the time the material was uploaded to the platform until March 2023 were considered. Of all the 316 questions identified, 140 were analyzed as they relate to the video and its production. The classification of questions took into account two aspects: presupposition and demand. The presupposition categorization system, established a posteriori, identified 11 different themes, with Geochemistry being the most frequently addressed one in the questions. Regarding the demand, proposed a priori in the theoretical references that supported the study, the informative category predominated. At the same time, investigative prediction questions represented almost a third of the total analyzed. Such results indicate that the science communication video analyzed has the potential to raise simple and direct questions, important for the foundation of knowledge about science. Moreover, it can raise questions that demand a greater cognitive order from the inquirer. Finally, the analysis proposal presented in this article enabled the classification of the nature of questions related to the scientific dissemination video of the edutainment model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]