This essay investigates how before, during, and after the First World War, diplomats were depicted in newspapers, and how they perceived and reacted to these representations. Focusing on the case of Belgium, it looks, on the one hand, at the occurrence and/or co-existence of certain frames used by journalists to stereotype diplomats, and evaluates how changes in Belgian foreign policy and European politics altered framing strategies throughout this period. On the other hand, it sheds light on how diplomats coped with the penetration of the mass media into their professional space, which forced them to reckon with changing media logics in this age of accelerating democratization.

本文探讨第一次世界大战之前、期间和之后，外交官是如何在报纸上被描绘的，以及他们如何看待这些陈述并做出反应。以比利时为例，它一方面着眼于记者用来刻板外交官的某些框架的发生和/或共存，并评估比利时外交政策和欧洲政治的变化如何在整个过程中改变框架策略时期。另一方面，它揭示了外交官如何应对大众媒体渗透到他们的专业领域，这迫使他们在这个加速民主化的时代思考不断变化的媒体逻辑。