35. The method of claim 32 , further comprising: enabling a user to access documents associated with a communication line via the communications graph.
32. A method to enable improved analysis and use of sociological data, the method of comprising: identifying causal relationships between a plurality of documents; identifying a plurality of characteristics of a communication, including a modality used, actors involved, and proximate events of relevance; enabling a user to query based on all of the characteristics available; depicting communications between a plurality of actors using communication lines between the actors; and enabling graphical queries based on selecting the communication lines between actors.