[Joe]

'Absolutely' is currently very commonly used, especially in the media and by
politicians as a general purpose intensifier to show sincerity.

I have a question about the sentence structure. Does it suggest:

Both media(or the stuff in the media) and politicians use 'absolutely' a lot.

Or:
'Absolutely' is commonly used by politicians when they speak in a media(such as
giving an interview to a magazine, etc).

Thank you very much.