The article discusses the importance of talking about social-emotional learning (SEL) in the context of news literacy. Both SEL and information literacy are important topics, but when you couple them together it seems to help drive home the important fact that many "news" articles aren't actually correct or informative. What most people usually react to isn't the information in the article or post - what they tend to react to is the way the article makes them feel. Diving into the reasons so many people reflexively click and share inaccurate information is an important component to becoming information literate. Understanding that words can evoke emotions can help people, old and young, master information literacy.
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