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
James Surowiecki
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Each side maintains the other has become extreme and intolerant, trapped in a political echo chamber and consuming a diet of partisan news. Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 My parents expected that public schools would prepare us for life and work in a diverse society, rather than serving as an echo chamber with our family or faith tradition. Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Indeed, many of the internet’s most iconic memes were spawned in the incel echo chamber of 4Chan, reposted mockingly, then exploding as popular meme templates (for example, the Virgin vs. Chad memes). Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Some argue that the coronavirus pandemic has worsened tensions because the months of lockdowns in Northern Ireland created an echo chamber in which people talked only with folks from their own families or neighborhoods. New York Times, 3 July 2022 Social media has driven most folks into living in a personal echo chamber where no one EVER disagrees with them or has a different, no less an opposing viewpoint. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022 For too long, these restaurateurs believe, the fine-dining world has been an echo chamber of esoteric techniques, sustained by self-aggrandizing menus and buzzwords like foraged and grass-fed that make cash registers sing. Mehr Singh, Bon Appétit, 18 July 2022 Living inside the echo chamber of your head can cause recurring negative thoughts to become worse over time. Alaina Percival, Forbes, 15 June 2022 The complaint alleges that Instagram’s artificial intelligence engine almost immediately steered the then-fifth grader into an echo chamber of content glorifying anorexia and self-cutting, and systematically fostered her addiction to using the app. Jesselyn Cook, NBC News, 7 June 2022 See More
Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 My parents expected that public schools would prepare us for life and work in a diverse society, rather than serving as an echo chamber with our family or faith tradition. Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Indeed, many of the internet’s most iconic memes were spawned in the incel echo chamber of 4Chan, reposted mockingly, then exploding as popular meme templates (for example, the Virgin vs. Chad memes). Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Some argue that the coronavirus pandemic has worsened tensions because the months of lockdowns in Northern Ireland created an echo chamber in which people talked only with folks from their own families or neighborhoods. New York Times, 3 July 2022 Social media has driven most folks into living in a personal echo chamber where no one EVER disagrees with them or has a different, no less an opposing viewpoint. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022 For too long, these restaurateurs believe, the fine-dining world has been an echo chamber of esoteric techniques, sustained by self-aggrandizing menus and buzzwords like foraged and grass-fed that make cash registers sing. Mehr Singh, Bon Appétit, 18 July 2022 Living inside the echo chamber of your head can cause recurring negative thoughts to become worse over time. Alaina Percival, Forbes, 15 June 2022 The complaint alleges that Instagram’s artificial intelligence engine almost immediately steered the then-fifth grader into an echo chamber of content glorifying anorexia and self-cutting, and systematically fostered her addiction to using the app. Jesselyn Cook, NBC News, 7 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined above