This document provides an overview of the week 6 lecture on integrated media research planning and practice focusing on personas. It begins with an introduction to the topic and outlines the agenda for the day's lecture and workshop. The lecture then defines what a persona is and discusses how personas can be used to focus research, build empathy, encourage consensus, create efficiency and lead to better decisions. It explains how personas are developed through qualitative research methods like interviews and surveys. The document provides guidance on how to create personas by choosing representative users, identifying their goals, roles and tasks, and then writing up the persona profile. It also discusses how to create "nudies" or persona sketches and how personas can be used in various stages of the design process