This article aims to study the fast developments in the domain of information technology and its implications for and its impacts on traditional function of diplomacy. In this context the author considers different stages in evolution of diplomacy and asserts that the emergence of 'Public Diplomacy' is the byproduct of interaction between information technology and diplomacy.
The comparative study of the characteristics of diplomacy in different eras shows a dramatic change in both the sprit and content of diplomacy. It also emphasizes the necessity for further attention to information technology and the need of diplomats to be equipped with the new expertise in this transitional era. In this context, new concepts are created, each of which is a combination of words digital, cyber, virtual, electronic and internet with diplomacy. Nowadays new concepts like 'e-visa', 'digital embassy' or 'virtual embassy' are very often heard in diplomatic circles as well as media.
This paper emphasizes the undeniable impact of information technology on diplomacy and reaffirms the necessity of a factual assessment of and a critical revision in all theoretical and instrumental foundations in this field.