echo chamber

noun

: a room with sound-reflecting walls used for producing hollow or echoing sound effects

—often used figuratively

Living in a kind of echo chamber of their own opinions, they pay attention to information that fits their conclusions and ignore information that does not.—

James Surowiecki

Examples of echo chamber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wednesday's cartoons - the ostrich problem, Biden's thing, and more Newsletter sign up By The Week US published 19 June 2024 Subscribe to The Week Escape your echo chamber. —

The Week Us, theweek, 19 June 2024 For years, there have also been concerns that social media platforms may create echo chambers where users engage only in content that reinforces their beliefs. —

Victoria Feng, NBC News, 18 June 2024 Trump’s biggest echo chamber in the United States is the Fox News network, owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also controls extensive media assets in Australia and the United Kingdom. —

Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2024 Yes, he’s got nearly 13 million followers on X, which is basically a large-scale echo chamber. —

Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for echo chamber

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