Internet advantage propels Wyatt

A social media student guru is the brains behind the innovative campaign that helped lead Australia's youngest politician Wyatt Roy to victory.The Queensland University of Technology honours researcher said seats were being won or lost depending on how politicians and their staff handled the new campaigning frontier of social media.Amanda Templeton, from QUT's Creative Industries Faculty, managed Mr Roy's social media campaign while studying how politicians were using Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for her media and communication honours thesis."With so many young people voting for the first time in this election, social media was a good way to engage with them," Ms Templeton said."There's a perception that poli...