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Fear not television executives, teenagers are not abandoning the tube for the Internet and cellphones.

In fact, teen television viewing is actually on the rise, according to a new report from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. senior analyst Todd Juenger that is optimistic about television at a time when many media watchers fear new platforms are going to severely cannibalize viewers and advertising dollars.

The typical teen watches almost four hours of television per day. While that is two hours less than most adults, it is up from about three hours in 2004, and teen viewing has been growing at a rate of 2.5% per year. While teens are watching content on their computers and phone, most of their viewing is still done via television. Juenger notes that while the perception is that young people are abandoning television, "everybody over-reports usage of Internet and mobile video and under-reports usage of traditional television."

Although advertisers spend about $60 billion on television a year, there is concern that as consumers migrate to new media, the commercial dollars will follow. Juenger noted that, while newspapers have certainly taken a hit from the Internet both in terms of advertising and circulation, television viewing has not.

Furthermore, as people age they watch more TV. "So far teens are following historical patterns and in fact their usage of traditional TV is increasing," Juenger said.

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So-called second screen viewing, when people watch TV with a portable device, is on the upswing.

When viewers watch a TV program with a tablet device, they tend to check their email, hunt for sports scores or seek additional information about the show or a commercial they were watching on the big screen.

A new report by Nielsen Co., released Friday, underscores what network television researchers have been preaching for more than a year: that "second screen viewing" appears to augment the TV viewing experience rather than steal away viewers.

Nielsen's State of the Media: Advertising & Audiences report found that men, when watching TV and using a tablet simultaneously, were more likely than women to look for information related to a TV program they were watching (39% versus 34%). Women were more inclined to seek information related to a television commercial (24% versus 21%).

Not surprisingly, teenagers with tablets were far more apt to visit a social media site while watching TV than were older baby boomers and seniors (62% versus 33%).

The report also found cultural differences in TV watching and the use of digital video recorders. Nielsen said that white TV viewers use digital video recorders on a daily basis twice as much as any other group, while Asian Americans appear to spend a higher proportion of their overall TV time watching their previously recorded programs.

Adults age 25 to 54 appear to be heavily influenced by advertising. Nielsen said that demographic group was 23% more likely than the average U.S. Internet user to follow a brand through social networking sites, and 29% more likely to purchase a product online that had been featured on TV.

Finally, teenagers used a game console for eight minutes a night, on average -- more than twice as much as the general TV population.