echo chamber
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- noun
- /ˈɛkoʊ ˈtʃeɪmbər/
- Literature
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- These often act like echo chambers, delivering news and ideas from people with similar views.
- conservative echo chamber
- right-wing echo chamber
- media echo chamber
It keeps you in this bubble or this echo chamber that riles people up.
- It keeps you in this bubble or this echo chamber that riles people up.
- The political landscape with a right wing media echo chamber that is massive.
- But I think a huge downside of Twitter is the echo chambers that the algorithm pushes you into.
- And this this echo chamber that they live in.
- And that's the number one way to avoid getting caught up in these echo chambers and rabbit holes.
- And that's the danger of social media because we all live in echo chambers.
- Narcissistic relationships are dangerous echo chambers and can quickly morph and distort your reality.
- And then we live in these echo chambers of hate and anger and frustration keeping us stuck.
- We could call that filter bubbles, or maybe echo chambers.
- It is fucking echo chambers of thought that make you worried about what you say.
Examples
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People have told me that today we're seeing big tech and AD driven algorithms fuel echo chambers, making it profitable for media to push specific biases.
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The fact is, we have all been in some kind of echo chamber at some point.
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In short, the media have only themselves to blame for the "echo chamber" that exists.
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And then we live in these echo chambers of hate and anger and frustration keeping us stuck.
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Many seem content to collect their paychecks and sing to the choir in the echo chamber.
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Diverse networks are especially useful in getting lawyers out of their own echo chambers and in touch with individuals in similar positions who can supply advice and innovative ideas.
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But I think a huge downside of Twitter is the echo chambers that the algorithm pushes you into.
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In an echo chamber, people only hear opinions that match their own beliefs.
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Social media can create an echo chamber where individuals are exposed only to similar viewpoints.
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Many online forums act as echo chambers, promoting discussions that reinforce rather than challenge beliefs.
Antonyms
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Morphology
The phrase maps the concrete meanings 'echo' (repetition) and 'chamber' (enclosed space) onto a social situation, so the idea of ideas/opinions being repeated in a closed environment is fairly accessible. Because it requires a figurative/metaphorical transfer from sound to beliefs rather than a strictly literal composition, a B1 learner may grasp the gist but might not predict the exact social meaning without some exposure.
Etymology
Echo chamber comes from the image of a room where sounds echo and come back to you. So, people use it for groups where you only hear the same 'opinions' and those views become stronger.