128. 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, and proximate events of relevance; enabling a user to query based on all of the characteristics available; clustering content of a folder; and creating reports on groups of items in the folder which share user-selected attributes.
128. 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, and proximate events of relevance; enabling a user to query based on all of the characteristics available; clustering content of a folder; and creating reports on groups of items in the folder which share user-selected attributes. 129. The method of claim 128 , wherein the report includes a timeline illustrating a period of time that is covered by each group of items.