echo chamber

[ek-oh cheym-ber]

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noun

a room or other enclosed space that amplifies and reflects sound, generally used for broadcasting or recording echos or hollow sound effects: The hallway is a giant echo chamber.
an open-air echo chamber;
The hallway is a giant echo chamber.
an environment in which the same opinions are repeatedly voiced and promoted, so that people are not exposed to opposing views: We need to move beyond the echo chamber of our network to understand diverse perspectives.
an online echo chamber;
We need to move beyond the echo chamber of our network to understand diverse perspectives.

echo chamber

noun

Also called: reverberation chamber.��a room with walls that reflect sound. It is used to make acoustic measurements and as a source of reverberant sound to be mixed with direct sound for recording or broadcasting

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Word History and Origins

Origin of echo chamber¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

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Example Sentences

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The Republicans and the right-wing disinformation machine and echo chamber have spent decades branding the Democrats in that way.

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But the social isolation in combination with the social media echo chamber increases a given person's radicalization and extremism.

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If a teen wants to be tapped into the digital echo chamber, they have to know what it can do to them.

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Mia, who has exchanged messages with moderators on the website, describes the site as an "echo chamber" which can "push people over the edge".

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Pastor, who served on Bass’ transition team, cited the echo chamber of disinformation on X and right-wing political actors seizing on the crisis for their own ends.

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