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
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What has changed, however, is the wild echo chamber within the modern media ecosystem, which, through clips shared millions of times on social platforms, transforms a marginal call into a ‘disgraceful error’ costing millions.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Apparently, though, beyond the echo chambers of music blogs and Wicker Man memes, a wider world exists where people struggle to tell them apart.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2025
Innovation doesn’t flourish in echo chambers dominated by conformity and fear.
—Ashley B. Stewart, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Small men with loud voices who hold court over internet echo chambers, like Andrew Tate, offer them simplistic answers for all of their complicated fears and insecurities.
—Reshma Saujani, Time, 19 May 2025
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Apparently, though, beyond the echo chambers of music blogs and Wicker Man memes, a wider world exists where people struggle to tell them apart.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2025
Innovation doesn’t flourish in echo chambers dominated by conformity and fear.
—Ashley B. Stewart, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Small men with loud voices who hold court over internet echo chambers, like Andrew Tate, offer them simplistic answers for all of their complicated fears and insecurities.
—Reshma Saujani, Time, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for echo chamber
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“Echo chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echo%20chamber. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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