Vocabulary
die
Echokammer
/ˈɛçoˌkamɐ/· noun· Pl. die Echokammern
echo chamber
Die Echokammer — an online space where people only hear opinions that confirm their own; together with the Filterblase it is blamed for polarisation.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Echokammer
- Plural
- die Echokammern
- Genitiv
- der Echokammer
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Echokammer
echo chamber
In ihrer Echokammer hört die Gruppe nur noch die eigenen Ansichten.
In its echo chamber, the group only hears its own views.
Word family
Echokammerdas Echothe echodie Kammerthe chamber
Common combinations
- in einer Echokammer lebento live in an echo chamber
- aus der Echokammer ausbrechento break out of the echo chamber
- digitale Echokammerndigital echo chambers
Real examples
- Algorithmen können Echokammern verstärken, weil sie uns zeigen, was wir ohnehin denken.Algorithms can reinforce echo chambers because they show us what we already think.
- In geschlossenen Chatgruppen entstehen leicht Echokammern.Echo chambers easily form in closed chat groups.
- Wer nie mit Andersdenkenden spricht, lebt in seiner eigenen Echokammer.Anyone who never talks to people with different views lives in their own echo chamber.
