The jury system has previously been described as "the jewel in the crown" or "the cornerstone" of the British criminal justice system by Lord Justice Auld in his book "Review of the Criminal" Courts of England and Wales'. The jury trial is an ancient and democratic institution (Jury Under Attack). We will see later that this is a decline, in particular DUE TO CONTEMPT OF COURT, A... Peter Carey, in his book Media Law (2010) defines contempt of court as referring to the court's ability to publish any person who interferes, in any case, with the correct functioning of the judicial system. The jury system offers the opportunity for lay people to participate in the administration of the legal system, to reassure the rest of us that justice is done in individual cases. The purpose of this essay is to explore the extent to which jury trials are now under threat in the age of the Internet and social media, and whether they can cope in our modern technological age. To do this I will address a number of different questions. First, I will look at the impact of the Internet on the English legal system, as well as the problems with juries and the Internet. Next I will examine whether social media is criminogenic and, finally, I will take a brief look at reforms to the jury system. The public generally defines the jury as the "cornerstone" of the British criminal justice system, an important element in ensuring public acceptance. It has been defended by some as the bastion of democracy. However, over the years, the jury has been the subject of much criticism and reform, with some labeling it an antiquated system that allows miscarriages of justice to occur. Over the last 30 years there has been a technological change... halfway down the paper... that courts take the issue of contempt of court very seriously. However, if we want to preserve trial by jury, the “crown jewel” of British justice, the imprisonment of a single individual is simply not enough for the public to maintain faith in the system. Ensuring that jury trials can function effectively in the age of new media requires trust. If jurors cannot be trusted to rely solely on evidence gathered in the courtroom during proceedings, then the need to monitor juror activity during a trial should be introduced. The threat this growing practice poses to confidence in our justice system and the effectiveness of jury trials remains quite high. In the words of Lord Devlin in his book 'Trial by Jury (1956): "The trial by jury is more than an instrument of justice and more than a wheel of the constitution: it is the lamp that shows that liberty lives”.