The constructionist approach to science and environmental communication was employed in the present study to analyze the climate change and global warming risk discourses presented on mainstream Taiwanese newspapers’ Internet platforms from 2009 to 2016 (COP15 ~ COP22). Quantitative content analysis and qualitative textual analysis were employed to examine the four major Taiwanese newspapers’ Internet platforms: Chinatimes.com, UDN.com, Appledaily.com, and LTN.com. The results indicated that the risk communication strategies
are most frequently applied through political and livelihood news, which garners many “likes,” “shares,” “hits,” and comments. The media use
photos of ecological catastrophes and “cute” girls to engage in emotional manipulation about the environmental crisis and thereby promote public participation in energy-saving and carbon-reduction activities.