Abstract
The purpose of the article is to fill the gap in the professional information field.The scientific significance of the article is that for the first time in the theory of Kazakhstanijournalism, there have been analyzed all types of lavalier-type microphones and their accessories. Interms of research methods, there were used two main types of reviews such as systematic andnarrative. This provided the most complete picture. For instance, a systematization of existingknowledge about lavalier microphones and an evaluation of that knowledge. As a result of thestudy, seven categories of lapel microphones have been derived and the characteristics of each ofthem are briefly presented. The value of the work lies in summing the main points in a short andsimple way. The practical significance of the work’s results lies in the collection of informationnecessary for the daily work of a journalist on television or on the Internet. There were derived five"golden rules”, which a journalist must always apply for high-quality sound recording andaesthetic picture in the frame. Previously, there were no such reviews in the Kazakhstani scientificliterature, so this work contributes to the development of the domestic special literature.