Fig. 5: Using WeChat groups to share information and exchange foods. | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 5: Using WeChat groups to share information and exchange foods.

From: Nourishing social solidarity in exchanging gifts: a study on social exchange in Shanghai communities during COVID-19 lockdown

Fig. 5

People use Wechat groups to keep updates on the elevator exchange. We can tell from the left screen shot that there were plentiful kinds of goods being exchanged. The residents have become accustomed to proposing a food exchange via online social media at any time. In the right panel, we can see a proposal (in Chinese) on cola for vegetables, cucumbers, or tomatoes, it was responded instantly. This figure is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Reproduced with permission of our anonymous respondents.

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