3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining a percentage of communication with respect to a topic which utilizes a tone; and tagging the communication with an appropriate indicator to illustrate a predominant tone.
1. A method to enable improved analysis and use of sociological data, the method comprising: identifying causal relationships between a plurality of documents; identifying a plurality of characteristics of a communication, including a modality used, actors involved, proximate events of relevance and a tone used by an actor in the communication; and enabling a user to query based on all of the characteristics available.