Before revision: According NED, autocratic states "are not necessarily seeking to "win hearts and minds" (the common frame of reference for soft power efforts , but they are surely seeking to manipulate their target audiences by distorting the information that reaches them.
After revision: )According NED, autocratic states "are not necessarily seeking to "win hearts and minds" (the common frame of reference for soft power efforts , but they are surely seeking to manipulate their target audiences by distorting the information that reaches them.