Chapter 2 discusses social capital, media use, and urban political participation. This chapter utilizes urban data from the 2005 China General Social Survey (CGSS) for research purposes. For urban areas, social capital’s social network factors and reciprocity factors have a positive and significant impact on both institutionalized and non-institutionalized political participation. Additionally, attention to current affairs in news exposure has a positive and significant impact on both forms of political participation. Among urban residents, the duration of media exposure has no effect on institutionalized political participation, and only television viewing time (frequency) has a negative impact on non-institutionalized political participation. This suggests that the influence of media use on political participation depends on whether urban residents pay attention to the news rather than the length of their exposure. Social capital and exposure to news media have a positive influence on both institutionalized and non-institutionalized political participation.