Penny Dreadfuls and Pulp Magazines are examples of low quality fiction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_dreadful
For me at least, reading generally takes more effort for me than just doom scrolling, where I honestly just look at the pictures and captions.
It could be a picture from 100 years ago if it wasn't for the satellite dish.
Although that's assuming the telegraph pole is delivering electricity, so maybe only 50 years ago.