ine ▁values ▁as ▁more ▁positive . ▁ ▁C ogn ition ▁and ▁memory ▁According ▁to ▁writer ▁Christ ine ▁Rosen ▁in ▁" Virtual ▁Friend ship , ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁N arc iss ism ," ▁many ▁social ▁media ▁sites ▁encou rage ▁status - se ek ing . ▁According ▁to ▁Rosen , ▁the ▁practice ▁and ▁definition ▁of ▁" friend ship " ▁changes ▁in ▁virtual ity . ▁Friend ship ▁in ▁these ▁virtual ▁spaces ▁is ▁thoroughly ▁different ▁from ▁real - world ▁friendship . ▁In ▁its ▁traditional ▁sense , ▁friendship ▁is ▁a ▁relationship ▁which , ▁broad ly ▁speaking , ▁involves ▁the ▁sharing ▁of ▁mut ual ▁interests , ▁reci pro city , ▁trust , ▁and ▁the ▁revel ation ▁of ▁int imate ▁details ▁over ▁time ▁and ▁within ▁specific ▁social ▁( and ▁cultural ) ▁context s . ▁Because ▁friendship ▁depends ▁on ▁mut ual ▁revel ations ▁that ▁are ▁conce aled ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁world , ▁it ▁can ▁only ▁fl our ish ▁within ▁the ▁boundaries ▁of ▁priv acy ; ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁public ▁friendship ▁is ▁an ▁ox ym or on ." ▁Rosen ▁also ▁c ites ▁Br igh am ▁Young ▁University ▁research ers ▁who ▁" re cent ly ▁survey ed ▁ 1 8 4 ▁users ▁of ▁social ▁networking ▁sites ▁and ▁found ▁that ▁heavy ▁users ▁' fe el ▁less ▁soci ally ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁community ▁around ▁them .' " ▁Crit ic ▁Nicholas ▁G . ▁Car r ▁in ▁" Is ▁Google ▁M aking ▁Us ▁St up id ?" ▁questions ▁how ▁technology ▁affect s ▁cogn ition ▁and ▁memory . ▁" The ▁kind ▁of ▁deep ▁reading ▁that ▁a