We develop a model of social interaction in which agents hold private beliefs but communicate public statements. We distinguish between two networks: an audience network shaping statements through social pressure, and an influence network governing belief updating. This separation drives a wedge...

We study a model of social learning in networks where the dynamics of beliefs are driven by conversations of dissonance-minimizing agents. Given their current beliefs, agents make statements, tune them to the statements of their associates, and then revise their beliefs. We characterize the...

We study a model of social learning in networks where the dynamics of beliefs are driven by conversations of dissonance-minimizing agents. Given their current beliefs, agents make statements, tune them to the statements of their associates, and then revise their beliefs. We characterize the...